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- After more than 50 days of negotiations, the verdict was reached in the trial for the Islamist terrorist attack against the French satirical magazine “Charlie Hebdo”.
- All 14 defendants were found guilty in France on Wednesday, the two main defendants, Ali Riza Polat and Hayat Boumeddiene, each serving 30 years in prison.
- In six cases, however, the judges dropped the accusation of a terrorist organization.
Judge Régis de Jorna explained his decision to broadcaster France Inter, according to Judge Régis de Jorna, explaining that the court determined that Ali Riza Polat had helped the murderer Coulibaly in a concrete and detailed way to carry out his criminal acts. He had enough knowledge of Coulibaly’s intentions.
Since the beginning of September, eleven alleged aides from the 2015 terrorist series have been tried. 17 people died at that time. Three other defendants are on the run.
Due to the corona pandemic, the process was interrupted for about a month. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has already described the process as historic. All negotiations are videotaped and archived due to the enormous importance of the process.
Not only the attack on the “Charlie Hebdo” newsroom in January 2015, but also the subsequent attack on a kosher supermarket in the south of Paris are being tried before a special court for terrorism cases.
The other defendants, who, like Ali Riza Polat, sat in a glass box in the courtroom, also claim that they have nothing to do with terrorism. Most of them did not deny that they were involved in arms or drug trafficking, and some even proudly said how well they made money. Only one of the eleven suspects present, Christophe R., is no longer in custody.
“A scene of war”
At the beginning of the process, the focus was less on the perpetrators than on the terrible acts and the suffering of the family members. Surveillance videos showed brothers Chérif and Said Kouachi storming the satirical magazine in the middle of Paris.
The most important editors of the newspaper were killed in the assassination attempt. The recordings also show the editorial rooms after the attack. “A scene of war”, described the then responsible prosecutor François Molins, what he had seen there in January 2015 and now it was also shown in court.
Although the process took place with high security in the new glass building of the Palais de Justice, France was once again a victim of terror, three times in a few weeks. A murderer attacked two people in front of the old “Charlie Hebdo” newsroom.
The prosecution had asked last week long prison terms, from five years to life in prison.
The brutal murder of teacher Samuel Paty caused international horror, as did the attack on a Nice cathedral. Again, according to the findings, Mohamed cartoons were the motive for the attacks, just as they were six years ago.
