Sid Ahmed Ghlam evolved in the same sphere as Mohamed Merah – Le Figaro

Main suspect in the investigation into the foiled attack against a church in Villejuif, man was driven by two French parties in Syria, themselves recruited by a terrorist cell linked to Mohamed Merah, . by Le Monde

On April 19, the SAMU de Paris receives a surprising call from the thirteenth arrondissement: a Algeria 24 year old student claims that just shot him in the leg. Dispatched on the spot, the police soon discovers that the victim, Ghlam Sid Ahmed, is in possession of several Kalashnikovs, a revolver, a bullet-proof vest and notes on the planning of an attack against a Church of Villejuif. Later, the individual will claim to have shot himself to get arrested and escape the wrath of the Islamic state if it was not going away.

Four months later, the investigation of intelligence progresses. In an article published Monday, Le Monde reveals that the DCRI now links the terrorist apprentice to many figures of French jihadism. Above all, it seems that man was guided from Syria by French parties to wage jihad. “So many connections which trace the history of the family of the French jihadism. The old networks of the 2000s planted their seeds. Sid Ahmed Ghlam was their last push, “said the daily would have had access to the investigation file.

Piloted from Syria

This is the analysis of computer equipment recovered Sid Ahmed Ghlam who quickly helped to uncover a series of encrypted messages indicating that the individual was in contact with foreign countries, ensures Le Monde . These messages are rich in instructions, have led investigators to two accomplices; Macremé Thomas A. and M., both from Seine-Saint-Denis and left for Syria early 2015. Both men were reportedly recruited by Fabien Clain, an original founder of Reunion Toulouse Salafist splinter group – the ” Artigat cell “- in particular related to Mohamed Merah. Fabien Clain was sentenced in 2009 to five years in prison for a vibrant Iraq to die; on his release he left to join the Islamic State.

If these men have not been heard, the survey also allowed the DCRI, France, the indictment recent weeks Three people, including at least one Rabah B. says “The Kabyle”, has already been quoted in an old case of jihadism. A second would be indicted near Moussa Coulibaly, head in February of aggression of three military dagger in Nice. Finally the brother of the third man arrested, some Franck. K, attended Farid Benyettou, former mentor to “the chain of the Buttes-Chaumont” which belonged Kouachi brothers, responsible for the killing of Charlie Hebdo .

A collateral victim

Sid Ahmed Ghlam is also suspected of being the murderer of Aurelie Chatelain, a fitness instructor found charred in his car in Villejuif and he suspected of being an intelligence agent. The applicant claims that it was an accomplice, which he never delivered the name, which has acted. A version that is problematic since it is the DNA Ghlam Sid Ahmed who was found in the car. The ballistic analysis also confirmed that the weapon used to kill the young woman was that of the terrorist apprentice.