Three suspected jihadists, including a former soldier suspected of plotting an attack on a military installation in the Pyrenees-Orientales and the beheading of an officer, could be presented to a judge Friday. Ages 17, 19 and 23, the three men heard by the Directorate General of Internal Security (ISB) were arrested Monday morning, and a 16 year old, released since.
According to a source close to the case, the three men, who claim to custody of the Islamic State Group (EI) and claim their jihadist commitment, they have planned to attack the Fort Béar, camp Military located in the hills above Port-Vendres (Pyrénées-Orientales).
They would have considered killing soldiers stationed in this semaphore and decapitate the head of the detachment, said the source. A scene that, according to a source close to the investigation, they would have liked to film for broadcast on the Internet. Béar Fort, overlooking the Mediterranean, home to the National Centre for commando training, close to Collioure.
The minor, a “driver”
The eldest of the trio was the semaphore watcher Fort Béar, according to another source close to the matter, before being reformed in the Navy. His contract ended on 21 January 2014. He had health problems, according to the source close to the case, who added he could “feed a personal grudge against the detachment commander.”
Orders near Valenciennes (North), in Chesnay (Yvelines) and Marseilles, the source said, the three men have been in contact over the internet, via encrypted applications. Found a train ticket in one of them accredit the assumption that they expected to meet soon.
They would initially planned to travel to Syria to wage jihad. But the radicalization of the younger was reported by a close family member. Described as “a driving force”, the young man of 17 was spotted and was the subject of an administrative maintenance. According to Bernard Cazeneuve, his “activism on social networks” were also identified.
Knowing he watched the three men would have given up visit Syria says the source. A jihadist with whom they were in contact in this country would have advised them to take action in France. No weapons or explosives have been found during the searches. The Paris prosecutor’s office opened June 23 preliminary investigations “for conspiracy to prepare acts of terrorism.”
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