A walking for Adama Traore: “We want to understand what really happened” – Le Monde

Le Monde | 07/30/2016 at 10:43 p.m. • Updated 30/07/2016 at 23:18 | By Juliette Harau

A CRS cordon blocked the procession had just set in motion before the gare du Nord in Paris . Nearly 600 people attended this Saturday, July 30 to demand the “truth” on the circumstances of the death of Adama Traoré, 24, died eleven days earlier, after his arrest by police Beaumont-sur-Oise.

the family lawyer, Yassine Bouzrou, said Friday that in the two autopsy reports he could see, “asphyxia” was presented as the cause of death. One element that had not been raised by the public prosecutor of Pontoise, Yves Jannier.

“We want to understand what really happened” demanded Najwa, a resident of Nanterre came forward. Several associations fighting against police violence and discrimination were also present. Nobody, however, could scroll.

The Paris police prefecture objected to “reasons of Institutional Protection to” , “to the preservation of public order “ and to ensure ” the protesters own safety “, she defended in a statement. She argued that the demonstration had not been declared, while organizers claimed to have filed a declaration 24 hours before.

“The fear of the family is that the Adama death falls into oblivion “

traps rue Saint-Quentin, protesters respected the repeated calls for calm in the family of the victim. A minute of silence, fists raised, was observed. “Today it does not work, but we won ‘, welcomed Assa Traore Adama sister, thanking participants. The death of the young man had caused nights of violence in the Val-d’Oise.

In the static crowd present at the Gare du Nord, the survey shadows leave a bitter taste . “The prosecutor told us a heart because he failed to say that there had been asphyxia is a serious mistake,” Assa Traore judge.

“We’re here to ask two key questions,” detailing Ghyslain Vedeux, responsible for relations between the police and civil society in the representative Council of black associations in France (CRAN):

“Why is the prosecutor failed to mention asphyxiation? And that caused asphyxia? Then we wait for administrative and criminal sanctions. (…) The fear of the family is that the death of Adama falls into oblivion. “

” The prosecutor played on the words “

for the lawyer Yassine Bouzrou, “the prosecutor played with words” by first evoking assumptions cardiac and infectious causes. “We do not know what led to asphyxia, but the cause of death is asphyxiation,” says he views the autopsy reports.

the results of new analyzes (bacteriology, toxicology, pathology), expected during the month of August are expected to definitively establish whether the young man was healthy, as claimed her family. An investigation by the General Inspectorate of the Gendarmerie is also underway. Among its claims, the CRAN would welcome members of civil society can participate in these Commissions of Inquiry

Speaking to the crowd, Assa Traore launched.

“This is my brother is dead, tomorrow it could be your brother, your uncle, your mother. “

A commitment to making this tragic personal history illustrates dysfunctional society. She was helped by the New York Times , which has chosen to devote an editorial to the death of Adama Traoré, making the parallel between the French and the case movement Black Lives Matter in the US.

Youssouf, Ferguson collective member in Paris, named after the American city where a young Black was killed by police in August 2014, was present at the event who do not even Paris. In his opinion:

“The contexts are not the same, but the pressure means are the same . These are people to whom we never do justice. “

In Paris, walking in memory of Adama Traore blocked by the prefecture – Liberation

They will not have gone far. Saturday afternoon, about a thousand people gathered Gare du Nord in Paris for a march in memory of Adama Traoré, a young man of 24 died during his arrest by the police in Beaumont-sur-Oise (Val d’Oise). The procession was to go to Bastille, he will have finally made a few meters: around 16:30, just minutes after being launched, the crowd found itself “nassée” on all sides by forty CRS rue de Saint-Quentin. Women, men, young, old and children, came to “seek truth and justice” on the matter, remained blocked for nearly three hours, not allowed out.

a “ right violated” to the relatives of the young man according to his family, the event of declaration had been filed. One of the sisters Adama Traoré has said that “the filing has been made in the prefecture” and “three agents of the institution came to [their] meeting, right after the press conference that [they] made to 14h. [...] They even advised us to take such a path. “ When contacted by Libération Prefecture ensures his side as ” It was an event that was not trademark “ adding that ” as it was quiet, the prefect authorized a static collection, but they could not pass because no provision was made to ensure their safety. “ yet , according to documents reviewed by Libération the deposit has been made on July 29 at 0:47: Prefecture acknowledged, July 29, at 15h33, with a “statement event consisting of a walk from the Gare du Nord in Bastille on July 30, 2016, from 14h to 18h. “ Still in the framework of the holding of a protest, the statement must be filed in the prefecture three days ahead – so that notice was not respected. Impossible to know, for now, if that’s why the police headquarters has banned the march. – And if it has notified the ban to its organizers

“We are like traps animals is unbreathable “

protesters side, anger and incomprehension were in any case to put street of Saint-Quentin. Chanting “Let us go, let us go,” some tried to force CRS dam, without success. But the speech was generally appeasement: several family members of Adama Traoré and relatives have “urged not to fall into the font set, and stay calm” No. easy in this heat, some shouting at the police, another, ensuring that a “is 400 km to come to Paris,” calling the “calm.” the more tired, they have had to sit on the pavement. Amal Bentounsi, the collective “our Emergency Police murders,” was very upset: “We are traps like animals, it’s unbearable.” The posters of the demonstrators, too, meant resentment, especially to the prosecutor of Pontoise, Yves Jannier. In case, the fact that the prosecution has not communicated from the first autopsy report on the actual cause of death of Adama Traoré, who died of asphyxiation. Several different versions were given by the prosecutor since the death of the young man, first evoking a “infectious phenomenon,” and a heart condition. An opaque and contradictory discourse that is not happening at the Traore family, who nevertheless remains optimistic megaphone in hand, one of his sisters assured “today was a victory, and they would drop nothing “

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Shortly before 19 hours of the first people were able to get out of the trap. In front of the Gare du Nord, a friend of Adama Traoré summed up the general feeling: “You have to stop taking people for fools, when will such tragedies will stop? Justice must finally do its job. “ Both surveys, conducted in parallel by the Research Section and the General Inspectorate of the Gendarmerie, are still ongoing.

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The two terrorists of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray had known little – Paris Normandy

The investigation by the terrorism prosecutor of Paris continues: The cousin of Abdel Malik Petitjean , one of the two authors of the jihadist attack of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray , a was indicted yesterday and detained, said the Paris prosecutor.

Farid K. , 30, who was taken into custody as of Thursday 28 July Meurthe-et-Moselle where he lives, ‘ was fully aware, if not the place and day precise, of an imminent violent action project her cousin. ‘

He is indicted for “criminal association in relation with a terrorist criminal organization. “ It is in this man Abdel Malik Petitjean was supposed to be the day of the tragedy, according to his mother. This inhabitant of Heillecourt had ‘ reported to the police in the hours that followed the tragedy of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray ‘.

the investigation has really accelerated since yesterday early evening, a man who had tried to reach Syria in June with Abdel Malik Petitjean, was indicted. Jean-Philippe J ., 20, stuck “S”, visited June 10 in Turkey with Abdel Malik Petitjean, but had been repressed in the country the next day. Petitjean, who was not at the time reported to radicalization, was also returned to France. Jean-Philippe J. was indicted in a separate investigation that opened on the hostage-taking of 26 July . “He requested a deferred debate before the judge of freedoms and detention and, in the meantime, was jailed provisionally”, said the Paris prosecutor.

However, custody of a Syrian refugee, arrested Thursday, was lifted. The photocopy of the passport of the man, who resides in a reception center for asylum seekers in the Allier, had been found at the home of the second bomber, Adel Kermiche . But ‘ in the end, no evidence has demonstrated that he had any involvement in the facts ‘, a source close to the investigation.

Recent contacts between terrorists

a minor 16 years had been placed in custody on Tuesday, hours after the attack against the church of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray. He was released Saturday. But it has not ended with the Law: jihadist propaganda documents were found in his phone and his computer. These were sent by the Paris prosecutor to his counterpart in Rouen, territorial jurisdiction and could decide to open a separate procedure for “apology for terrorism.” The brother of the boy, Adel Bouaoun , interested investigators: near Adel Kermiche, he went in the Iraqi-Syrian area in 2015. The anti-terrorism agencies are wondering if it could play a role for Syria in the attack Tuesday. Two other people were released after being heard. This is the sister of Adel Kermiche and his companion. Arrested Wednesday were released Thursday night.

The prosecutor’s office opened a criminal inquiry, led by specialized investigating judges, including “participation in a criminal association in relation with a terrorist enterprise” and “organized gang murder committed because of belonging to the victim to a religion, in relation to a terrorist enterprise”.

Five days after the hostage crisis during which the priest Jacques Hamel, 85, was murdered, the survey also highlighted the links, he seems very recent, the two killers. Adel Abdel Malik Kermiche and Petitjean, 19 both, who lived 700 kilometers away, would come into contact only days before the hostage-taking via encrypted email Telegram , according to Le Parisien and La Voix du Nord. This application is regularly singled out by the authorities as one of the preferred means of communication of the jihadist Islamic State group, which claimed responsibility. Adel Kermiche would Telegram described on the procedure in advance of the attack, stating ‘ a knife “ and ‘ church ‘ . The two attackers had been spotted by their separate intelligence agencies without their passage to the imminent act has been detected.

In addition, a minor of 17 who had sought from Syria Adel Kermiche in 2015 was recently arrested in Geneva in a second attempt, and returned to France where he was imprisoned, said Saturday a source close to the investigation. Another 19 year old man stuck “S” (reported to radicalization) and arrested on July 25 in Mantes-my-Jolie (Yvelines) in a separate investigation of the intelligence services, was set Friday exam. A video of Abdel Malik Petitjean, in which it paid allegiance to the EI and evoked ‘ violent action ‘, was found in a phone at home. Another investigation is under way, in which a French 20 years was arrested. He had visited Turkey in early June with Petitjean before being forced like him.

Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray: where is the investigation? – Francetv info

Where is the investigation? Five days after the brutal murder of a priest in the church of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray (Seine-Maritime), two people were indicted, Sunday, July 31. U n Syrian refugee detained since Thursday was left free. Here’s what we know.

Two Knowledge Petitjean indictments

Two knowledge of Abdel Malik Petitjean, one of the two terrorists who killed the Jacques Hamel father in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray have been indicted in connection with two separate survey.

the first, Jean-Philippe J., 20, stuck “S”, tried to reach Syria in June with Abdel Malik Petitjean. He had traveled to Turkey on June 10 with Abdel Malik Petitjean, but had been repressed in the country the next day. Petitjean, who was not at the time reported to radicalization, was also returned to France. Jean-Philippe J. was indicted in a separate investigation that opened on the hostage-taking of 26 July. “He requested a deferred debate before the judge of freedoms and detention and, in the meantime, was jailed provisionally” , said the Paris prosecutor.

The second is a cousin of Abdel Malik Petitjean . He is indicted for “criminal association in relation with a criminal terrorist enterprise” and was imprisoned. According to the prosecution, K. Farid, 30, a native of Nancy, “was perfectly aware, if not the place and precise date of an impending action project violent his cousin “ . According to L’Est Républicain , the inhabitants of Heillecourt was “presented to the police within hours of the tragedy of Saint -Étienne-du-Rouvray. ” It is in this man Abdel Malik Petitjean was supposed to be the day of the tragedy, according to his mother.

An asylum seeker and released a minor

a 16 year old minor was placed in custody on Tuesday, hours after the attack against the church of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray. He was released Saturday. But it has not ended with the Law: jihadist propaganda documents were found in his phone and his computer. These were sent by the Paris prosecutor to his counterpart in Rouen, territorial jurisdiction and could decide to open a separate procedure for “apology for terrorism”.

The brother of the boy, Adel Bouaoun, interested investigators: near Adel Kermiche, he went in the Iraqi-Syrian area in 2015. the anti-terrorism agencies are wondering if it could play a role in Syria since Tuesday’s attack

An applicant for asylum Syrian himself has been released Sunday. Arrested in Vichy (Allier) on Thursday night, he was transferred to Paris, according to The Mountain says “This young man is not known to be radicalized and came out of no intelligence file “. Investigators sought to know why the photocopy of his passport was found at the home of Adel Kermiche. But “in the end, no evidence has demonstrated that he had any involvement in the facts” , a source close to the investigation.

Two other people were released after being heard. This is the s SPOTLIGHT Abel Kermiche Malik and his companion. Arrested Wednesday were released Thursday night.

A man indicted for possession of a video

Another 19 year old man stuck “S” (reported to radicalization) and arrested on July 25 in Mantes-la-Jolie (Yvelines) in a separate investigation of the intelligence services, was indicted Friday, July 29. A video of Abdel Malik Petitjean, in which it paid allegiance to the EI and evoked “violent action” , was found in a phone at home. According to Le Monde the video was “shared a private group of secure messaging Telegram, which is a member” the man.

A close returned to France from Geneva

A minor aged 17 was arrested on July 20 at the Cornavin station, six days before the attack on the church. This is a friend of Adel Kermiche and lives near Rouen. Within the scope of an international arrest warrant, he was arrested by the Swiss authorities, transferred to France where he was indicted for “criminal association in relation with a terrorist enterprise” July 24, then remanded in custody.

According to information from the Tribune de Genève , he had already passed through Geneva in May 2015, with Adel Kermiche to try to win Syria. At this point, “there is no evidence that has any involvement” with Tuesday’s attack, however, cautioned a source close to the investigation.

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Attacks in France for Marine Le Pen, the left “simulates” and the right “shakes” – France Soir

FN Marine Chair Le Pen returned Friday 29 at left and right back-to-back night in their fight against terrorism, saying that the majority was in the “ simulation ” while the opposition was in “ agitation .”

“ what I see is a left that is in the simulation and a right in the agitation “estimated Ms Le Pen on France 2.” This government has continued for months of trying to find excuses, self-justify its inability to meet the huge problem that France faces, the attack on our country by a totalitarian ideology is Islamist fundamentalism “, accused the extreme right leader.

” the Mr. Valls party and the party of Mr. Sarkozy (the) left to grow, to structure our territory for years “after it. To Ms. Le Pen, we must “ from the reconquest, in compliance with the order, laws of the French Republic. We have all the means at our disposal (…) but it takes the will policy to do . “

Is that with the FN president at the Elysee Palace, the attacks would have been prevented? “ What is sure is that with Marine Le Pen, everything would be done against Islamist terrorism. Today, this is not the case “, has she evaded .

She was pleased to see that “ the solutions proposed by each other ” fight against terrorism “ were in our 2012 draft: deprivation of nationality, the national Guard, closing Salafist mosques, the moratorium on new mosques financed from abroad . “

Asked about the only French nationality of several authors of terrorist acts, Ms. Le Pen suggested in these cases, “ national indignity, legal prison that prevent them from doing the least not without a kind of guardian is watching what they are doing “.

She advocated” immediate deportation “for foreign” just suspected of any connection with terrorism “with” administrative measure “but rejected the” preventive confinement “of data subjects S,” an extent contrary to our laws, our Constitution ” .

Ms Le Pen repeated his wish, as François Fillon, to resort to Article 411-4 of the criminal Code on “ intelligence ” with “ a power, a company or a foreign organization “to” provoking hostilities or acts of aggression against France “, which is punishable by thirty years’ criminal detention and 450.000 euro fine.

Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray investigators interested in potential accomplices – The World

Le Monde | 31/07/2016 at 19:38 • Updated 31/07/2016 at 19:42 | By Soren Seelow

the investigation into the murder of Father Jacques Hamel in the church of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray (Seine-Maritime) on July 26, focuses on conversations online both terrorists and their possible accomplices.

This is the secure messaging Telegram Kermiche and Adel Abdel-Malik Petitjean, both aged 19, had announced their separate their will to pass the act. It is also on this application that investigators of anti-terrorism Branch (SDAT) found traces of a first direct contact between the two killers, July 22, just four days before the attack.

operator phone Petitjean, police discovered that he was open, always via Telegram, his terrorist project to his cousin, Farid K., a driver from Nancy 30 years. The latter was indicted, Sunday, July 31, for criminal association terrorist criminals. “It appears at this stage of the investigations that Farid K. (…) was perfectly aware, if not the place and precise date of an imminent violent action of his project cousin “, said the Paris prosecutor.

” Making a sigh of thing “

the two terrorists made no secret of their desire to commit an attack in France. On July 19, three days before their first alleged contact, and Adel Kermiche unveiled his intentions in a private group Telegram. “If you want to go to Sham it is quite complicated because the borders are closed . As much attacking here , he said in a message has been able to check L’Express. You take a knife, you go to a church, you make a carnage, bim. You slices two or three heads and it’s good it’s over “, he added, inviting his listeners to imitate and ” make an egg thing. “

at the same time, probably between 17 and 20 July, his future accomplice Abdel-Malik Petitjean filming a video in which, wearing a striped shirt, he threatened France. Shared in another private group Telegram, this video was spotted by a foreign intelligence service and is the source of a report form containing a photograph released July 22 in all police services.

If the young man was targeted since June 29 with a “S” card for trying to reach Syria, services obviously had no photograph to identify on this video before it goes into action.

constant exchanges Telegram

the investigation into the attack in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray allowed post , to find traces of a first direct contact between the two Telegram on July 22 accomplices. It is from that date that the project materializes. The next day, the phone Abdel-Malik Petitjean terminal in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray. The young man, who lives with her mother in Aix-les-Bains, Savoie, seems to have decided, in just 24 hours, to join his accomplice Adel Kermiche, under house arrest in his electronic wristband parents.

Abdel-Malik Petitjean spent the first night in Adel Kermiche, and later in a tent planted in the garden of the house and in the town park. Both men will continue during these few days in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray to discuss Telegram to develop the details of their project.

On July 25, before the attack, Adel Kermiche froths his terrorist project to members of his private group Telegram. He promises “big stuff” to come and ask “all his brothers and sisters” the following to share his private page. Less than an hour before to break into the church on July 26, he sent a final message to 8 h 30 inviting “share what follows” .

suspicions of a remote control

investigators are now working to understand how the two accomplices were contacted and they were helped by a third party in development of their project. . They suspect they may have been inspired or controlled remotely by an accomplice

A member of the entourage of Abdel-Malik Petitjean was set Sunday exam, but in a separate process: a judicial investigation there over a year on a jihadist thread. The police, however, question the degree of knowledge of the two killers project, which is why the date of his arrest on July 27, seems to have been put forward.

This candidate jihad, Jean-Philippe Steven JL, 20, had tried to visit Syria with Abdel-Malik Petitjean in early June. Affected by an “S” form, he was arrested on 10 June in Istanbul and returned to France, a setback that seems to have prompted Abdel-Malik Petitjean – which was at the time not stuck – to regain its Savoie own.

the two terrorists of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray thus had both failed in their plan to join Syria. A frustration that they have there seems outdated by projecting an attack on French soil, may be referred by a third party. They met on the Internet will provide them the opportunity to realize a few days their macabre project

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After the arrival of Christians to Friday prayers at the mosque in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, it was the turn of Muslims to cross the porch of the church to commune with Catholics in memory of Father Jacques Hamel.

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In an article in the JDD, Manuel Valls warned Islam of France – Liberation

“If Islam does not help the Republic to fight against those who undermine public freedoms, it will be increasingly hard for the Republic to guarantee the free exercise of religion.” in an article published by the Sunday Journal , Manuel Valls is engaged in an unprecedented warning to the top of the state, reprennant a rhetorical form which he has already used in social, on the fashion: if the CGT does not help the Republic to fight the rioters, it will be increasingly hard for the Republic to guarantee the free exercise of the event. In this case, the Prime Minister was also gone after his approach advocating the prohibition of the Parisian demonstrations against the Labour Law. – Finally allowed after several hours of fierce controversy

Read also our decryption Valls request to Islam of France an overhaul

in his column, Manuel Valls says flatly that “contrary to repeated attacks by populist right and the extreme right,” that have placed Islam in “heart of their rhetoric scapegoat” , the second religion of France has “found its place in the Republic” . But he also feels there is “emergency” “build a genuine pact” with the Muslims of France, which he called “a duty lucidity facing the rise of Islamism and jihadism global with its apocalyptic vision “. Which takes “hostage many Muslims in France.”

“All should be on the table”

As in his interview the World on Friday, the Prime Minister repeated that must be promptly “review certain rules for external financing drying up [from first Maghreb, Morocco in head far ahead of Saudi Arabia, note] increase in compensation and opportunities for fundraising in France. “ Manuel Valls judge that ” everything should be on the table, with Muslims France and their representative bodies “ ” It will take a massive and powerful commitment. First, Muslims. . And I call them to act in their family, their neighborhood “

The weekly also published a call – ” We, French and Muslims , are ready to assume our responsibilities “- signed by forty members of civil society including the philosopher Abdennour Bidar and essayist Hakim El Karoui, who say ” concerned the inability of the current organization of Islam in France, which has no control over events “.

No compromise with Islam

in JDD , Manuel Valls added: “This temptation néoconcordataire would be an insult to secularism, [but] remain a spectator of events until the problems find their solution would be irresponsible.” the tenant of Matignon also deviates significantly any reference to a concordat with Islam, following an “echo” chained duck, very taken back and that forced last week the Minister of Interior, Bernard Cazeneuve, has denied farm. Prime Minister advocates, including the issue of financing of mosques, “give a central place” to the foundation works of the Islam of France created for this purpose in 2005 by Dominique de Villepin: “The failure is total. It should not discourage us. We must rebuild a French financing capacity. “ The reactivation of this foundation was already on the agenda after the attacks in January 2015.

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In an article in the JDD, Manuel Valls warned Islam of France – Liberation

“If Islam does not help the Republic to fight against those who undermine public freedoms, it will be increasingly hard for the Republic to guarantee the free exercise of religion.” in an article published by the Sunday Journal , Manuel Valls is engaged in an unprecedented warning to the top of the state, reprennant a rhetorical form which he has already used in social, on the fashion: if the CGT does not help the Republic to fight the rioters, it will be increasingly hard for the Republic to guarantee the free exercise of the event. In this case, the Prime Minister was also gone after his approach advocating the prohibition of the Parisian demonstrations against the Labour Law. – Finally allowed after several hours of fierce controversy

Read also our decryption Valls request to Islam of France an overhaul

in his column, Manuel Valls says flatly that “contrary to repeated attacks by populist right and the extreme right,” that have placed Islam in “heart of their rhetoric scapegoat” , the second religion of France has “found its place in the Republic” . But he also feels there is “emergency” “build a genuine pact” with the Muslims of France, which he called “a duty lucidity facing the rise of Islamism and jihadism global with its apocalyptic vision “. Which takes “hostage many Muslims in France.”

“All should be on the table”

As in his interview the World on Friday, the Prime Minister repeated that must be promptly “review certain rules for external financing drying up [from first Maghreb, Morocco in head far ahead of Saudi Arabia, note] increase in compensation and opportunities for fundraising in France. “ Manuel Valls judge that ” everything should be on the table, with Muslims France and their representative bodies “ ” It will take a massive and powerful commitment. First, Muslims. . And I call them to act in their family, their neighborhood “

The weekly also published a call – ” We, French and Muslims , are ready to assume our responsibilities “- signed by forty members of civil society including the philosopher Abdennour Bidar and essayist Hakim El Karoui, who say ” concerned the inability of the current organization of Islam in France, which has no control over events “.

No compromise with Islam

in JDD , Manuel Valls added: “This temptation néoconcordataire would be an insult to secularism, [but] remain a spectator of events until the problems find their solution would be irresponsible.” the tenant of Matignon also deviates significantly any reference to a concordat with Islam, following an “echo” chained duck, very taken back and that forced last week the Minister of Interior, Bernard Cazeneuve, has denied farm. Prime Minister advocates, including the issue of financing of mosques, “give a central place” to the foundation works of the Islam of France created for this purpose in 2005 by Dominique de Villepin: “The failure is total. It should not discourage us. We must rebuild a French financing capacity. “ The reactivation of this foundation was already on the agenda after the attacks in January 2015.

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Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray: the cousin of one of the killers brought before a judge – Le Figaro

The cousin of Abdel Malik Petitjean, one of the two authors of the jihadist attack of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, was referred Sunday for his indictment.

Five days after the murder of a priest who upset France, the investigation continues. If the attackers were formally identified possible accomplices remain to be discovered. Investigators are keenly interested in the cousin of Abdel Malik Petitjean, one of the authors of the attack, which could be indicted. Investigations, meanwhile, have shown that the two assassins of priest met via encrypted email system Telegram just days before their passage to the act. Another person in custody, a Syrian refugee, for his part, was released.

• The cousin of the second killer brought

A cousin of Petitjean, who was in custody in this case was to be presented Sunday at a judge for his indictment. According to the Paris prosecutor, a man of 30, K. Farid had “full knowledge, except the place and precise date of an imminent violent action project her cousin.” . The prosecutor’s office opened a criminal inquiry, led by specialized investigating judges, including “participation in a criminal association in relation with a terrorist enterprise” and “murder gang, committed because of the victim’s membership a religion, in relation to a terrorist enterprise “.

• a Syrian refugee finally released

The custody of a Syrian refugee, arrested Thursday in the Allier has been lifted, a judicial source told AFP. The photocopy of the passport of the man who lived in a reception center for asylum seekers in the Allier, had been found at the home of one of the authors of the attack, Adel Kermiche. But “in the end, no evidence has demonstrated that he had any involvement in the facts,” according to a source close to the investigation.

• The killers did not know four days before the attack

the survey, meanwhile, has shown that the two assassins of priest Adel Abdel Malik Petitjean and Kermiche, met via the system encrypted messaging Telegram just days before their passage to the act, according to several media. Adel Kermiche would describe in advance the method of the attack, citing “a knife” and “church.” The two young people had been spotted by their separate counterterrorism services without their project has been detected. Kermiche, who was indicted for attempting to leave Syria, was under electronic monitoring pending trial.

(With AFP)

Manuel Valls called to build a pact with Islam in France – Le Figaro

In an article in the Journal du Dimanche , the Prime Minister suggested that imams and chaplains in France are only trained in France and promises that the managed houses of worship by preachers preaching violence will be closed.

Hard hit by terrorism jihadist recent months, France “must do the world a striking demonstration that Islam is compatible with democracy, “said Manuel Valls in an article published in the Sunday newspaper . For this, the Prime Minister calls “urgently” “rebuild Islam in France and build a genuine pact”.

In his text, the Prime Minister outlines some concrete paths but stresses to the “populist right and extreme right who put Islam at the heart of their rhetoric scapegoat” the second religion of France “has found its place in the Republic.” However, after the recent bombings Nice and Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray call for “a lucid duty in the rise of Islamism and the global jihadist with his apocalyptic vision,” taking “hostage many Muslims France “.

” All the Salafi jihadists are not … but almost all are jihadist Salafists. This infernal mechanical pushes individuals to take up arms and turn them against their country, “he insists. And to again warned: “places of worship that are home to those who profess hatred and are advocating violence will be closed and when the preachers are foreigners, they will be expelled”

C. is why we must also “completely rethink the training of imams and chaplains. France must become a European center of excellence in the teaching of Islamic theology. ” “Islam has its humanities. It shone through the centuries, “says Manuel Valls. “The state has not to deal with theology, but it can help create strong training institutions. Imams and chaplains in France will only be trained in France “wants the prime minister who repeats” the financing issue is central. “

On Friday, the Prime Minister had already pleaded Le Monde for a “temporary ban” foreign financing of mosques, said that “there is more than ten years, the Foundation for Islam in France, was created to bring together seamlessly funds “. “His failure is total. It should not discourage us. We must rebuild a French financing capacity, “he insists.

And to conclude: “If some would like the Islam of France building in thirty years what the Christians and Jews have built several centuries, but it is not enough for some good will, it will a powerful commitment and call Muslims to act in their families and in their neighborhood but also all citizens in the same brotherly spirit. ”

For warns the Prime Minister, “if Islam does not help the Republic to fight against those who undermine public freedoms, it will be increasingly hard for the Republic to ensure that free of worship. ” The Sunday Journal is indeed follow its platform a call to “act” against “radical Islamism”, entitled “We and French Muslims are ready to assume our responsibilities.” The text is signed by forty personalities – including the philosopher Abdennour Bidar, essayist Hakim El Karoui and Senator PS bariza khiari – who say they are “concerned with the inability of the current organization of Islam in France, who has no control over events. “

Manuel Valls precise contours of the “pact” that he wants to build with Islam in France – Le Monde

If the Prime Minister Manuel Valls notes that “Islam has found its place in the Republic” , “against the rise of jihadism” there, he said, “emergency” “build a genuine pact” with the second religion of France, via “the Foundation for the Islam of France “, he explains in an article published July 31 in the Sunday Journal .

” Islam found its place in the Republic (…) contrary to repeated attacks of populism, right and far right “, which put the religion in ” heart of their rhetoric scapegoat “, says Valls. And ensure: “This unbearable rejection of Islam and Muslims, these words, these acts, as the words and anti-Semitic acts, anti-Christian, must be fought – and they are – with the greatest strength. “

However, after the recent Nice bombings on July 14, and Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray (Seine-Maritime) on 26 July, the government leader called “a lucid duty in the rise of Islamism and jihadism global with its apocalyptic vision” , which takes “hostage many Muslims of France” .

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“Those who undermine Islam from within “

” All the Salafi jihadists are not … but almost all are jihadist Salafists. This infernal mechanical pushes individuals hundreds, sometimes very young – men, women of Muslim culture or recent converts – to take up arms and turn them against their country “, he insists <. / p>

Emphasizing the “unprecedented mobilization of public authorities” in the fight against “radicalization” , it considers that France “must do the world the striking demonstration that Islam is compatible with democracy “.

Mr. Valls, was said Friday in the Le Monde “favorable” to a temporary ban on foreign financing of mosques, said that “there are more than ten years, a foundation, [Foundation for Islam in France], was created to bring together seamlessly funds” .

“The failure is total. It should not discourage us. We must rebuild a French financing capacity “, he insists.

” It is urgent to help Islam in France to get rid of those who undermine inside. For this, it behooves us to build a real pact with Islam in France, giving the Foundation a central place “, added the head of government.

Call forty Muslim figures

in a call to “act” against “radical Islam” , entitled “We, french and Muslims, are ready to assume our responsibilities “ and published in the JDD , forty personalities including philosopher Abdennour Bidar, essayist Hakim El Karoui and the Socialist senator from Paris bariza khiari say “concerned by the inability of the current organization of Islam in France, which has no control over events” .

Calling for “change of generations” and lead “cultural battle against radical Islam, with young and old alike” , they also emphasize that ” it is time “ ” reactivate “ the Foundation for Islam in France, which ” never worked “ and ” give him the ability to collect resources “.

the revival of this foundation was to be one of the priority projects of the” Islam Plan, “announced in the aftermath of the January 2015 attacks by government. A first version, the foundation works of the Islam of France (FOIF), created in 2005 by Dominique de Villepin, then Minister of the Interior, has ended in failure.

“Drying up external financing”

at the time, Serge Dassault, former mayor of Corbeil-Essonnes had even donated two million euros to the structure. The elected official will, in reality, the only donor since FOIF, once created, sank in leadership squabbles.

In his column, Manuel Valls, while refusing “any temptation néoconcordataire” “would be an insult to secularism” , a judge must be “review certain rules to dry up external financing and increase in compensation possibilities fundraising in France “. “Everything should be on the table, with France’s Muslims and their representative bodies” , he said.

For warns Premier “if Islam does not help the Republic to fight against those who undermine public freedoms, it will be increasingly hard for the Republic to guarantee this freedom of worship” . “It will take a massive and powerful commitment. First, Muslims. And I call them to act in their family, their neighborhood. “

Muslims join the prayers of Catholics in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray – Liberation

“You are welcome here.” It is with these words that the priest of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray wide open the doors of his parish Saturday, dozens of Muslim worshipers at the vigil in memory of the slain father Jacques Hamel Tuesday. A first for these believers, “in this other house of God.”

As a group, just after the Asr prayer, which marks the end of the afternoon, the Muslim faithful have testified their solidarity with the Catholic community of Saint-Etienne, where Hamel priest was murdered by a jihadist commando. Under the watchful eye of Father Auguste Moanda, Muslims and kufis kami in traditional outfit worn for prayer, joined some 400 Catholics on the banks of the St. Therese church Madrillet.

as for many it is the first time qu’Abdelsalam enters a church, “another house of god.” Moved by the ceremony, the retiree does “not understand that we can tackle brothers.” “We are all affected when we attack the house of god. Although this is not the same religion, we are all alike, “he notes.

The 50 Muslims present listened attentively to the sermon of Father Moanda, for whom “the brotherhood between the two religions.” “It’s a beautiful image, it’s symbolic, it’s hard. We must relive this every day, “the father said.

Moha, he came right after his prayer to Yahia mosque, separated from the church by a driveway, to” make a second “with Catholics. “It’s unfortunate what happens, to see people sad inside,” is he laments.

Fouad, a 25 year old engineer, said his side “proud be next to a church. ” “It is rare in France to see such a close, he said. Just as practicing Muslim show my solidarity and ensure that there is no confusion with these lost sheep who do not represent Islam. ”

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Before leaving the parish, Fouad write “solidarity” and “peace” on the condolence book. Others registered words in Arabic as “salam”, “peace”.

Many Christians have responded to the call of the Diocese of Rouen come to pay tribute to the father Hamel. In a packed church from 18:00 at the entrance of which was posted a police truck, Mass was held peacefully, followed by the vigil.

The faithful of all faiths sang in chorus excerpts from the Gospel, facing a portrait of Hamel father arranged on a platform surrounded by flowers.

Nicole, 60, who is yet came early, has not managed to find a seat. She is delighted to see Muslim present at the Mass: “We need to come together. It is by uniting we will be able to fight, “she told AFP.

Catholic practitioner Guida usually frequent the second church of Saint-Etienne, where the 85 year old priest was murdered on Tuesday and is still closed. She came “to honor his memory. He was a unique, she said. I helped in the preparation for catechism. It’s awful. I still do not sleep but you have to rebuild together “

Jean Manuel, her husband, agrees.” We have to be there, it is important to be supportive. ”

Four days after the drama, emotion remained high in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, but also throughout France where dozens of events brought together Christians and Muslims.

AFP

Priest murdered: France pays tribute to the Father Hamel – The Point

New interreligious gatherings mark the day Saturday, a sign of the emotion that remains in the country four days after the murder of a priest by two jihadists in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, while the investigation continue with the prosecution of two police custody.

in Lyon, a silent march gathered Saturday afternoon almost 400 people, Muslims, Christians and lay people to testify “of a united response to terrorism . “” We shall overcome by the fraternity, “” This is not a war of religions “or” We are all brothers and sisters, “could be read on banners. The procession, which marched from the Place Carnot in Place Bellecour in the center of the city, was dispersed without incident around 16 pm 20.

In Bordeaux, about 400 people attended Mass evening. The priest invited the assembly “to collect, whatever his faith and belief.” In Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, St. Teresa’s church, the second of the city, was packed for Mass 18 hours before the vigil organized. Among the 300 faithful was about fifty Muslims. Five police were mobilized at the entrance to filter arrivals. “I’m here for this do not start, it’s scary, you want to gather, Nicole testifies, practicing Catholic. I think it’s good that Muslims attend Mass. It is by uniting we will able to fight. ” Sunday, Muslims are called by the French Council of the Muslim Faith to visit the churches during Mass, and the bishops’ conference called on parishioners to book them a “fraternal welcome”.

a minor handed to France

the investigation into this attack attempts to expose the medium in which both evolved jihadist Abdel Malik Petitjean and Kermiche Adel, aged one and another 19, which had been spotted by their separate intelligence agencies without their passage to the imminent act has been detected. Two people, the cousin of one of the two killers and a Syrian refugee, were still in custody Saturday, while that of a minor of 16 years was lifted. The latter however has not finished with the justice of jihadist propaganda materials were found in his phone and his computer, and these have been forwarded by the Paris prosecutor to his counterpart in Rouen, territorial jurisdiction and which could decide to open a separate procedure for “apology for terrorism.” His brother interested investigators: close to one of the two killers, Adel Kermiche, he went in the Iraqi-Syrian area in 2015 and anti-terrorism agencies are wondering if it could play a role for Syria in the attack Tuesday

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a minor of 17 who had sought from Syria with Adel Kermiche in 2015 was recently arrested in Geneva in a second attempt, and returned to France where he was imprisoned, said Saturday a source close to the investigation. At this stage, “there is no evidence that he has any involvement” with Tuesday’s attack, however, cautioned that source. Another 19 year old man stuck “S” (reported to radicalization) and arrested July 25 in a separate investigation of the intelligence services, was set Friday exam. A video of Abdel Malik Petitjean, in which it paid allegiance to the EI and evoked “violent action” had been found in a phone at home. Another investigation is under way, in which a French 20 years was arrested. He had visited Turkey in early June with Petitjean before being forced like him.

Dialogue with religious

The place of the tragedy becomes clearer. In an interview with the weekly Life , the two nuns who had been retained within the church recounted that a dialogue had committed jihadists with both after the assassination the priest. “As long as there bombs on Syria, we will continue the attacks,” said one of them two men. Asked Saturday sister Danielle said that one of them had entered the church minutes before the attack to ask for information.

In an interview with World dated Saturday, Prime Minister Manuel Valls for his part, admitted a “failure” in the judicial follow Kermiche Adel, who was under electronic surveillance and was the subject of a S. Abdel Malik Petitjean record was him S stuck since June 29

Muslims join the prayers of Catholics in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray – The Obs

Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray (France) (AFP) – “You are welcome here.” It is with these words that the priest of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray wide open the doors of his parish Saturday, dozens of Muslim worshipers at the vigil in memory of the slain father Jacques Hamel Tuesday. A first for these believers, “in this other house of god”.

As a group, just after the Asr prayer, which marks the end of the afternoon, the Muslim faithful have testified their solidarity with the Catholic community of Saint-Etienne, where Hamel priest was murdered by a jihadist commando. Under the watchful eye of Father Auguste Moanda, Muslims and kufis kami in traditional outfit worn for prayer, joined some 400 Catholics on the banks of the St. Therese church Madrillet.

as for many it is the first time qu’Abdelsalam enters a church, “another house of god”. Moved by the ceremony, the retiree does “not understand that we can tackle brothers.” “We are all affected when we attack the house of God. Even if it’s not the same religion, we are all alike,” he notes.

The 50 Muslims present listened attentively to the sermon of father Moanda, for whom “the brotherhood between the two religions.” “It’s a beautiful image, it’s symbolic, it’s hard. It must relive this every day,” said the father.

Moha, he came right after his prayer to Yahia mosque, separated from the church by a driveway, to “make a second” with Catholics. “It’s unfortunate what happens, to see people sad inside,” he is sorry.

Fouad, a 25 year old engineer, said his side “proud be next to a church. ” “It is rare in France to see such nearby, said he. I come as a practicing Muslim show my solidarity and ensure that there is no confusion with these lost sheep who not represent Islam “

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Before leaving the parish, Fouad write” solidarity “and” peace “on the condolence book. Others registered words in Arabic as “salam”, “peace”.

Many Christians have responded to the call of the Diocese of Rouen come to pay tribute to the father Hamel. In a packed church from 18:00 at the entrance of which was posted a police truck, Mass was held peacefully, followed by the evening.

The faithful of all faiths sang in choir excerpts from the Gospel, facing a portrait of Hamel father arranged on a platform surrounded by bouquets of flowers.

Nicole, 60, who is yet came early, failed to find seating. She is delighted to see Muslim present at the Mass: “We need to gather this by uniting we will be able to fight.” She told AFP

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Catholic practitioner Guida usually frequent the second church of Saint-Etienne, where the 85 year old priest was murdered on Tuesday and is still closed. She came “to honor his memory. He was a unique, she says. I helped in the preparation for catechism. It’s awful. I still do not sleep but be reconstruct all together. “

Jean Manuel, her husband nods.” We have to be there, it is important to be supportive “

Four days after the tragedy, the emotion remained high in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, but also throughout France where dozens of events brought together Christians and Muslims.

Adama death: the banned protest march – Le Parisien

L e North station forecourt was filled on Saturday around 16h, as the family supports Adama Traoré arrived. The young man from Beaumont-sur-Oise (Val-d’Oise) died July 19 when he was stopped by police. On Friday, the court refused a third forensic report requested by the relatives of the victim, who remain convinced that this is a murder. 600 (police) and one thousand (organizers) of people gathered to demand “the truth” about the circumstances of this tragedy, but their march was prevented by riot police.

“My brother was killed. We want justice to be done for this to not happen again, “proclaimed a sister of Adama Traoré at the meeting. According to our reporter on site, riot police blocked the parade, expected to head the Republic Square. All together, some wearing t-shirts of “Justice for Adama without justice you will not have peace,” therefore had to return to the North Station.

the sister of Adama Traoré, Assa, tries to explain the police . AFP / Dominique Faget

“it’s a shame,” said Lassana Traore, the brother of Adama. “This is not what to do to appease the spirits of young people who do not know how to express their pain and frustration,” said he said. The organizers have brandished their event report filed yesterday in the prefecture, but this type of application must be made three days before the event, where the reaction of the security forces. The Paris police headquarters “opposed a procession of departure” for “reasons of protection of institutions”, “to preserve public order” and to ensure “the protesters’ own security” has it justified in a statement.

hundreds of people made the trip. LP / Edith Lasry

the support of the family Adama Traore have therefore chosen to sit down, without understanding why they were blocked. “If we can not walk today, we better organize the next week,” the organizers said. The big sister of the victim has repeatedly called for calm, without understanding the decision of the prefecture.

Two hours later, the protesters began to leave, but only in small groups and not towards the Republic square, according to the instructions of the CRS. By early evening, the North Station nearby cafes put away their terraces for fear of flooding.

The death of the young man of 24, a “police blunder” by his family, had led to several nights of violence in the Val d’Oise. Two autopsies were performed on the body of Adama Traoré. Doctors have ruled out that the young man had suffered violence. The expected responses by the family may be made by all analyzes (bacteriology, toxicology, pathology), whose results are expected in the month of August. “It was first referred to a heart attack, infection finally speaking,” argued the lawyer of the family, adding that “what is certain is that Adama died of asphyxiation . “She claims to” know with certainty the causes of asphyxia. “

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Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray: interreligious gatherings in honor of the slain priest – Le Figaro

PICTURES / VIDEO – Four days after the attack in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, emotion remained high Saturday in France, where protests have brought together Christians and Muslims. Sunday, Muslims are called to attend the Mass.

Four days after the attack in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, emotion remained bright Saturday in France, where protests have brought together Christians and Muslims.

Lyon , hundreds of people have market in the center in honor of father Jacques Hamel, slain Tuesday in his office in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray. Gathered behind banners proclaiming “We shall overcome by the fraternity,” “This is not a war of religions” or “We are all brothers and sisters”, the demonstrators responded to the call of several local associations with the support of Regional Council of the Muslim Faith (CRCM) to a “march of brotherhood.”

After the drama of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, “we felt it was essential not to give way to resignation , resentment and fear, an act of cohesion, encourage peace and living together, “said the chairman of the CRCM, Abdelkader Bendidi, in a statement. “We are here to show our solidarity, show that the three religions of the book can be gathered and living together”, has told AFP Jeannine and François Marre, members of the Catholic Education Association.

In Lyon, several hundred people participated in a “march of fraternity” <. span class = "fig-media-credits"> Photo Credits: JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK / AFP

In Lyon, several hundred people participated in a “march of fraternity” <. span class = "fig-media-credits"> Photo Credits: JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK / AFP

to Bordeaux , about 400 people of all faiths and representatives of the Catholic, Protestant, Buddhist, Jewish and Muslim participated in the Notre Dame de Bordeaux in “a time of contemplation and prayer “in memory of father Jacques Hamel.

father Jean Rouet, vicar general of the diocese of Bordeaux, was first invited representatives of various religious communities to speak out in church, then invited participants, including many members of the Muslim community, men, women and children to hold hands and, “each according to his faith and belief, long gathering is”.

In Bordeaux, the priest invited the participants to hold hands and, “each according to his faith and belief, long gathering is “ Photo credits:. JULIE Bruhier / AFP

The vicar general of the diocese of Bordeaux Jean Rouet holds the hand of the Imam of Bordeaux Mosque Tareq Oubrou during Mass in memory of father Jacques Hamel Photo credit:. JULIE Bruhier / AFP

Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray , the church where the tragedy occurred remained closed since the attack. the other church the town was packed for Mass 18 hours before organized a vigil. Among the 300 faithful was about fifty Muslims.

After the service, a tribute was paid to another church the city where father Jacques Hamel died.

At Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, the church was packed for Mass 18 hours before an organized vigil Photo credits:. CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP

A Catholic nun shakes hands with a Muslim at the St. Therese church of Saint-Étienne-du -Rouvray Photo credit:. CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP

Friday already, faithful Muslims and Christians had wanted to share a moment of brotherhood by going successively in Sainte-Thérèse and Yahia mosque in the city. They were 200 to walk in Toulouse, both in La Rochelle, 70-80 Périgueux.

Sunday, Muslims are called by the French Council of the Muslim Faith to attend Mass, and the bishops’ conference called on parishioners to book them a “fraternal welcome . “the call was echoed in Italy by Muslim organizations. the president of the CFCM, Anwar Kbibech will attend a Mass in the cathedral of Evry then another at Notre Dame in Paris.

Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray: the story of two nuns – Le Figaro

Sister Hélène Decaux and sister Huguette Peron tell Life the exchange they had on Tuesday in the church of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray with both perpetrators of the attack.

father Jacques Hamel, 85, has just been murdered. A faithful also seriously injured lying on the ground. However, after the murder of the priest, a surreal dialogue pledged Tuesday in the church of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray between the commando and two nuns retained inside the building. The two assailants had so far demonstrated aggressiveness and nervousness. Then they suddenly change their behavior. “I’ve got a smile the second. Not a smile of triumph, but a sweet smile, the one someone happy, “says Sister Huguette Peron in the Catholic weekly Life . Sister Hélène Decaux, 83, accompanied by the wife of the injured faithful application to sit. One of the two killers accepts. “I asked my cane, he gave it to me,” says sister Helen.

Then the conversation takes a religious turn. One of the men asks Sister Helen if she knows the Koran. “Yes, I respect him as I respect the Bible, I have already read several suras. And what struck me in particular, are the suras of peace, “answered the nun. “Peace is what we want (…) As long as there are bombs on Syria, we will continue the attacks. And there will be daily. When you stop, we will stop “, replies his interlocutor. “Are you afraid to die?”, Then asks it. In the negative response of the religious, he continues: “Why?”. “I believe in God and I know I’ll be happy,” replica sister Helen, who confides that he inwardly prayed to the Virgin and thought of Christian Chergé, the prior of the monastery of Tibhirine assassinated with six other monks in 1996.

sister Huguette, the conversation turns to Jesus. “Jesus can not be God and man. It is you who are wrong, “asserts another assailant. “Maybe, but too bad,” replied sister Huguette. “Thinking that I was dying, I offered my life to God,” she adds. “Obviously, they were waiting for the police,” considers sister Helen. Soon after, the two men attempt an exit by taking the three women as human shields. “But they are not put completely behind us. To believe they were going to meet death. ”

Present at the Mass when terrorists burst, a third nun, Sister Danielle Delafosse, had managed to leave the church and to raise the alarm.

(With AFP)

Arming or not the municipal police? Several cities have changed course since the bombing in Nice – The Huffington Post

CARD – On more than 21,000 municipal police in France, half are equipped with firearms, according to Les Echos . While the mayors, who decide whether or not to arm their municipal police, were broadly divided on this issue, the attack of July 14 in Nice has put the issue of their weapons on the discussion table.

the MoDem mayor of Pau, François Bayrou, for example, announced Friday, July 29 its intention to arm the police of the city, while it was previously reluctant. “In this event, national and municipal police had exactly the same mission and had the same goal of stopping the deadly truck,” said he said.

As François Bayrou, the mayors of Belfort or Thonon-les-Bains decided, after July 14, to arm their national police (in red on our interactive map below). Other cities like Nancy or Ales, discuss the possibility of arming their municipal police since the bombing in Nice (green on our map).

Still others have reinforced their municipal police in the months and weeks leading up to the tragedy of the Promenade des Anglais (the main are shown in blue on our map). Some mayors even as the mayor of Nantes Johanna Rolland, are still opposed in principle to the arming of the municipal police.

As a reminder, the city of Paris has a unique status in France since the Commissioner of police is in charge of monitoring agents instead of the mayor. This particular situation has not prevented the agents of the Prevention and Protection (DPP), which act as agents for monitoring, municipal police, as they seek permission to carry weapons after November 13, 2015.

“the Association of mayors of France (AMF) is neither favorable nor opposed arming the municipal police, says the Le Figaro Philippe Laurent General Secretary of the MFA and mayor of Sceaux. But it would be opposed to the compulsory generalization Whereas it must respect freedom of Commons “.

This is the prefect, on request of the mayor, which decides whether to give permission to arm the city police who made the request. This is in contrast to the common fund armaments. Only municipal police officers have passed a qualification will be granted by the County the right to carry a gun.

Unlike their counterparts in the national police, who have been authorized to carry their weapons outside the same service after the state of emergency, municipal police officers will not, however, the right to return home with their weapons. But several cities like Nice and Cannes, demanding equal treatment

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Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray: two people still in custody – The World

Two people are still in custody Saturday, July 30 as part of the inquiry opened Tuesday in flagrante delicto on jihadist attack of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, according to the Paris prosecutor. He is a cousin of Abdel Malik Petitjean, one of the two killers, and a Syrian. The latter was arrested in Allier after the photocopy of his passport was found at the home of Adel Kermiche, the other assailant.

Furthermore, the custody of a young man 16 years was lifted in the late morning. His brother, near Adel Kermiche, left in the Iraqi-Syrian area. The minor has however not finished with the justice of jihadist propaganda materials were found in his phone and his computer, and these have been forwarded by the Paris prosecutor that of Rouen, territorial jurisdiction and could decide to open a separate procedure for advocating terrorism.

S sheet

on Friday, a man of 19 who have been an S form ( reported to radicalization), in which was found a video of one of the two authors of the terrorist attack, was indicted for criminal association terrorist and imprisoned. He was the target of an administrative search and arrested on 24 July, two days before the attack, as part of an investigation of the intelligence services.

In his phone, the police found a video of Abdel Malik Petitjean in which it allegiance to the organization Islamic state and threatens to commit “violent action” .

Nabil Abdel-Malik Petitjean, 19 year-old from Aix-les-Bains (Savoy), was formally identified as the second killer of the church, by DNA comparison, on Thursday morning, after the distribution of this video. The latter was aired on a private group of secure messaging Telegram, which is a member of man to be searched, told the World a source close to the investigation.

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