Nearly a month after the attack on the police headquarters in Paris, which killed five people including the assailant, the commission of inquiry of the National Assembly audition Wednesday, October 30, the prefect Didier Lallement.
During the hearing, the prefect said that seven police officers were "disarmed" following reports of radicalization "since October 3", date of the attack at the police headquarters in Paris. He added that he had asked the General Directorate of the National Police (DGPN) "three suspensions" of which "one" was implemented. In total, there were "33 reports" for suspected radicalization.
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The prefect of police recalled that he sent a note on October 7 to all of its services so they systematically report all signs of radicalization. The perpetrator of the killings, Mickaël Harpon, was in charge of the computer maintenance in the Directorate of Intelligence of the Prefecture of Police (DRPP). According to an internal report of his service, he had justified to some of his colleagues the Charlie Hebdo attack in 2015, without being the subject of a formal report.
The chairman of the commission of inquiry, Éric Ciotti (LR), questioned Mr. Lallement on a report of Mickaël Harpon: "The profile" of Mr. Harpon "it was reported to the DRPP?", Has asked Mr. Ciotti. The police chief referred to the judicial inquiry, which members of the commission, including Marine Le Pen (RN), did not appreciate, considering that the national representation deserved "answers".
With AFP