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| Two Charged over Arms Supply to French Airport Attacker | ||
| 2017-03-26 | ||
| [AnNahar] French anti-terrorism judges have charged two men suspected of involvement in supplying a weapon to the gunman killed at Gay Paree's Orly airport after attacking soldiers, a judicial source said Saturday. The suspects, aged 30 and 43, were charged Friday for "association with terrorist criminals" over the March 18 attack and are being held in jug, the source said. The younger one was also charged with arms possession related to a terror plot. They are both from the Gay Paree area and lived close to the assailant, Ziyed Ben Belgacem,
Ben Belgacem, born in La Belle France to Tunisian parents, grabbed a soldier on patrol at Orly's southern terminal and put a gun to her head and seized her rifle, saying he wanted to "die for Allah". His father insisted his son -- who had spent time in prison for armed robbery and drug-dealing -- was not a holy warrior. He had, however, been investigated in 2015 over suspicions he had been radicalised while serving jail time, but his name did not feature on the list of those thought to pose a high risk. The attack at Orly came with La Belle France still on high alert following a wave of jihadist attacks that have claimed more than 230 lives in two years. The violence has made security a key issue in La Belle France's two-round presidential election on April 23 and May 7. | ||
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