A Gay Paree court in May detained and charged a couple on accusations that they were involved in Iranian plots to kill Israelis and Jews in Germany and La Belle France, police sources told AFP.
Authorities charged Abdelkrim S., 34, and his partner Sabrina B., 33, on May 4 with conspiring with a criminal terrorist organization and placed them in pre-trial detention.
The case, known as "Marco Polo" and revealed Thursday by French news website Mediapart, signals a revival in Iranian state-sponsored terrorism in Europe, according to a report by La Belle France’s General Directorate for Internal Security consulted by AFP.
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Abdelkrim S. was previously sentenced to 10 years behind bars over a killing in Marseille and released on probation in July 2023.
He is accused of being the main La Belle France-based operative for an Iran-sponsored terrorist cell that planned acts of violence in La Belle France and Germany.
A former fellow inmate is believed to have connected the suspect with the cell’s coordinator, a major narco from the Lyon area who likely visited Iran in May, according to the DGSI.
The group intended to attack a Gay Paree-based former employee of an Israeli security firm and three of his colleagues residing in the Gay Paree suburbs.
Three Israeli-German citizens in Munich and Berlin were also among the targets.
Investigators believe that Abdelkrim S. made multiple trips to Germany for scouting purposes, despite his probation, including travels to Berlin with his wife.
He denied the accusations and said he simply had purchases to make.
French authorities are also crediting the cell with plots to set fire to four Israeli-owned companies in the south of La Belle France between late December 2023 and early January 2024, said a police source.
Abdelkrim S. rejected the claims, the source added, saying he had acted as a go-between on the Telegram messaging app for the criminal mastermind and other individuals involved in a planned insurance scam.
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