Emilie Koenig, one of France’s most prominent jihadists repatriated from Syria on Tuesday July 5, has been remanded in custody after being charged by an anti-terrorism judge, AFP reported during a hearing before the judge. Liberties and Detention (JLD). )
The 37-year-old woman, accused of recruiting for the Islamic State (IS) group and calling for attacks in the West, had an arrest warrant and was accused of criminal terrorist links upon her arrival in Paris.
find “a woman’s life»
“I’m very tired“Blowed up was this gray-hued brunette in a gray coat and black pants after the announcement of the parole and detention judge’s consultation. The judge that Emily Koenig said she wanted to find “a woman’s life“He was told the investigation would continue.”to follow his journey“.
Originally from Lorient (Morbihan), he traveled to Syria in 2012. Appearing regularly in propaganda videos, he was included by the United Nations on its blacklist of the most dangerous fighters. She is the mother of five children, three of whom were born in Syria, who were repatriated to France in early 2021. In an interview with AFP from the Royge camp in April 2021, he said that he wanted to “return to France“. “He intends to fully cooperate with French justiceHis lawyer, Emmanuel Dowd, told AFP.
“He returned to explain himself and try to see his children again as soon as possible, according to a deadline beyond his control.“Med Dowd added, stressing that he had.”was fully aware that he had caused much suffering to his family“.
Eight people are detained
Thirty-five minors and 16 mothers held in jihadist prison camps in Syria since the fall of IS were repatriated on Tuesday, responding to repeated pleas from NGOs and families who say they hope to end the policy.inhumane“from”case by case“. Eight mothers were arrested.in executing a search warrant“and”eight (others) are subject to arrest“, the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office explained in a press release.
The 17-year-old minor and seven women were detained at DGSI, a source familiar with the case said. The eighth was taken into police custody by the Anti-Terrorism Unit (SAT) of the Paris Police Headquarters. Among the mothers targeted by arrest warrants, in addition to Emily Koenig, six other women were charged Tuesday with criminal terrorist association, and some of them with moral or material abandonment of a minor, a source familiar with the case said. Tuesday evening. On Wednesday, the eighth woman will be presented to the investigating magistrate, whose decision to arrest her was informed only in the afternoon due to medical treatment, according to the same source. This woman has colon cancer. This is the first such mass repatriation of children and mothers to France since the fall of 2019.caliphateFrom IS.
Source: Le Figaro
