The Pontoise public prosecutor's office on Saturday (October 3) initiated proceedings for “
apologizing for terrorism by means of videos
” against a Pakistani imam from Villiers-le-Bel after two days in police custody, the public prosecutor told the AFP.
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This imam, born in 1987 and officiating in a mosque in the Carreaux district since 2016, was arrested Thursday and placed in custody, said a police source, confirming information from
M6
.
He had been arrested as part of an open investigation for "
apologia for terrorism with the use of a telecommunications network
," said the Pontoise prosecutor's office, without giving more details on the charges against the imam.
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At the end of his police custody, this imam was referred on Saturday to the Pontoise public prosecutor's office for “
a hearing procedure on prior admission of guilt (CRPC)
”, a plea-guilty mechanism offering an alternative to a trial.
