Ultra-right: a man indicted in Paris and imprisoned for violent action plans

Europe 1 with AFP 3:37 p.m., March 9, 2024

A 22-year-old man, residing in the Meuse, was indicted and imprisoned in particular for planned violent actions linked to ultra-right ideology, we learned on Saturday from a source close to the case and from of the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office (Pnat).

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According to the close source, "his indictment is based in particular on the evidence of his participation in discussions on a social network, even though the person concerned was fully committed to the ideology of the violent ultra-right."

“Combat training and plans for violent action linked to ultra-right ideology were notably mentioned during the discussions,” she said.

Also prosecuted for possession of weapons

A preliminary investigation was opened in June 2023, then a judicial investigation three months later, according to this source.

The man was arrested on Tuesday with two other people "as part of a judicial investigation opened for acts of ultra-right terrorism", said the Pnat.

At the end of his police custody, he was presented on Friday to an anti-terrorism investigating judge of the Paris court who indicted him for "terrorist criminal association with a view to preparing one or more crimes of harm to people", indicated the anti-terrorism prosecution.

He is also being prosecuted for “acquisition, possession and transfer of category A, B and C weapons, in relation to a terrorist enterprise”.

The suspect was placed in pre-trial detention by a liberty and detention judge, according to the Pnat.

The other two people had their custody lifted without prosecution at this stage, he added.