2023-06-17 10:07:00
It is a throw of firecracker very heavy with consequences. A 20-year-old young man was indicted on Friday in Paris for criminal association for a terrorist enterprise before being imprisoned. He is suspected of having, on April 27 in the Doubs, threw a smoke bomb at the helicopter of the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron.
That day we are in the midst of a challenge to the pension reform law. On the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in France, the Head of State intends to pay tribute to Toussaint Louverture, a figure in the fight against slavery, who ended his life detained at the Fort de Château -de-Joux (Doubs). This presidential visit had leaked two days before in the press.
Opponents of his policy have mobilized. To the sound of panstrade unionists try to force the barrage of gendarmes at the foot of the Château de Joux in which Emmanuel Macron will arrive in a few minutes later its surprise walkabout in Dole. The soldiers are forced to use tear gas to repel them. The ceremony is over. When the president’s Puma helicopter leaves the scene, the young man launches a smoke rocket against the device.
His gesture could have killed Emmanuel Macron
Formally identified, he was arrested this week at his home by the surveillance and intervention squad of the gendarmerie before being placed in police custody. The anti-terrorist prosecution blames him for three things that could have happened which are set out in this order. He could have destroyed a police helicopter. He could have made an attempt on the lives of the soldiers who were in the device and finally, his gesture could have killed Emmanuel Macron.
Did this act really represent a danger for this Puma of the gendarmerie? Technical expertise will be carried out in this file to highlight this point.
This boy appealed his incarceration
This young carpenter, son of a tax inspector, makes no difficulty and confesses. He explains that he wanted, by this gesture, to challenge Emmanuel Macron and let him know that the population does not agree with his policy. The young activist even explained how he had prepared his somewhat insane coup.
The prosecution considers that he must be imprisoned so that the rest of the procedure takes place peacefully. In particular, he must undergo a psychiatric examination. Contacted his lawyer, Me Pierre-Henri Baert makes no comment and announces that he has appealed this provisional incarceration for a minimum of one year in this criminal case.
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