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PARIS, February 17 (Reuters) – France court on Friday three members of the far-right group 2018-in the president Emmanuel Macron pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit a terrorist attack.
Paris crime trial for three people from 3 to 4 years imprisonment sentenced to one to two years imprisonment each and the preparations they participated in France found a causal relationship between the violent project to kill the president.
Prosecutors said that the group members 2018In November, they planned to attack the president with a knife during the commemoration of the First World War in the east of France. They were also suspected of planning attacks against mosques and migrants.
Charges against a fourth person were reduced to possession, possession and delivery of a weapon, he pleaded guilty and received a six-month suspended sentence.
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Eight more people were acquitted due to the lack of proof of causality despite their participation in the preparation. judge said in court.
The last man was acquitted because court he only found out that he thought he was involved in survival training.
13 accused, 11 men and two women, aged 26-66 Facebook social were members of the “Les Barjols” group in the network and have been on trial since January 17.
Group social shared a far-right ideology on his media platform, advocating the overthrow of the government at gunpoint and targeting pro-immigration politicians.
Lawyers for the accused belittled their client’s intentions and portrayed them as hapless extremists with no plan of action.
Romain Ruiz, a lawyer for one of the nine acquitted on Friday, praised the court’s decision, saying it showed “there can be a little bit of rationality in the fight against terrorism.”
To decide whether prosecutors should appeal the verdict 10 there is a time of day.
Reporting by Juliette Jabkhiro, Dominique Vidalon Editing by Tassilo Hummel, Mark Potter and Sharon Singleton
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2023-02-18 01:50:12
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