Three peacekeepers suspected of Islamist radicalization were the subject of a request for dismissal or exclusion following a disciplinary council at the Paris police headquarters. This policewoman and two trainee peacekeepers had been suspended by the Minister of the Interior after the attack on the Paris police headquarters, during which an agent suspected of radicalization had killed four officials on October 3.
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The disciplinary council asked Wednesday for the "revocation" of the first and the "exclusion" of the other two trainees. It is now up to the Directorate General of the National Police (DGPN) to decide.
Hostile comments on social networks
According to sources familiar with the matter, the 39-year-old peacekeeper had been suspended since November 12, but the charges against her are older. The administration criticizes him in particular for the publication on his Facebook account of very hostile messages targeting Israel, the United States and France in 2014 and 2015.
At that time, still on the social network, she would also have displayed her support for Hamas and a pro-Palestinian demonstration yet banned by the Paris police headquarters. In 2015, it was the subject of a legal reminder by the courts.
106 cases of police suspected of radicalization
One of the two trainee peacekeepers, 33, was referred to the disciplinary council after comments made during his training and deemed ambiguous about Mohamed Merah and the Bataclan commando. On this last point, he would have expressed his respect for the assailants without endorsing their actions.
The second trainee peacekeeper, 26, who was suspended on January 6, was among other things accused of morbid hoaxes from other colleagues, such as dummies for slaughter. According to testimonies from comrades, he also made hostile remarks towards the French and American soldiers, which he disputes. He also showed a jihadist propaganda video to one of his comrades.
According to Christophe Castaner, the police services are studying a total of "106 cases" of police officers suspected of radicalization since the police prefecture killings. "This does not mean that they are radicalized," said the minister. Wednesday, Eric Ciotti, president of the parliamentary commission of inquiry on the attack of the prefecture, denounced a "collective bankruptcy".