The man who admitted to having caused a fire in a refinery near Marseille in 2015 and to the explosive attack of a factory in the Rhône and of ATMs, was sentenced on Wednesday to 15 years in prison.
Mathieu Boasso, a former journalist converted to brokerage in printing, saw his sentence accompanied by a two-thirds security measure by the Assize Court of Bouches-du-Rhône.
Explosion on National Day
He recognized all of the offenses that constitute what he calls his "epic", between 2012 and 2016: three armed robberies of 150 kilos of explosives in a warehouse and fifty detonators in two quarries, the explosive attack on six banknote distributors for overall loot of more than 58,000 euros, but above all the attack on a salted plant in Tarare (Rhône) and the LyondellBasell refinery in Berre-l'Etang (Bouches-du -Rhône).
On July 14, 2015, he placed an explosive device on three oil tanks, but only two were set on fire. The American company, number 3 worldwide in petrochemicals, estimated its damage at 18 million euros in damages, stressing that it took several years to "settle the consequences in terms of pollution of soil and water".
Justice
Bouches-du-Rhône: But why did a man unknown to the justice system set fire to the LyondellBasell petrochemical site?
Marseille
Berre l'Etang: The suspect had no terrorist motivation
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- Berre-l'Etang
- Jail
- Fire