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Three members of the ultra-right survivalist indicted near Saint-Etienne

2021-10-21T15:41:16.453Z


Three members of the ultra-right survivalist movement, including a woman, were indicted Wednesday for illegal possession of an arsenal ...


Three members of the ultra-right survivalist movement, including a woman, were indicted Wednesday for illegal possession of an arsenal discovered at their homes in the Stéphane region, AFP learned Thursday, October 21 from police sources and judicial.

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A 32-year-old man, who operates a military surplus store and presented as the leader of the group, has been remanded in custody, the Saint-Etienne prosecutor's office said in a statement.

He is accused of having played a central role in the acquisition of weapons.

The other two people, a 22-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman, were placed under judicial control, the prosecution said, stressing that the maximum penalty for weapons offenses committed in assembly is ten years. imprisonment.

Rifles and 2,500 ammunition discovered

A business as well as the homes of the three people were searched last Monday in Saint-Etienne and in two Loire towns of the Pilat massif: Le Bessat and Saint-Genest-Malifaux, as part of "

home visits authorized by the judge of freedoms and the detention of Paris and operated under its control, in conjunction with the national anti-terrorism prosecution

, ”according to the prosecution. The operation was carried out using a device of around forty members of the security forces made up of the Saint-Etienne judicial police, the Lyon counterterrorism group, two assault columns of the Lyon BRI and the Lyon RAID branch, in association with police officers from the DGSI, the same source said.

In particular, investigators discovered a series of weapons, including a submachine gun, an assault rifle, two shotguns and three grenades, as well as 2,500 ammunition in the house of one of them, located on a very large lot in Saint-Genest-Malifaux. "

It contained in particular a base of life, with a large stock of food and drugs, as well as medical and surgical equipment

", told AFP a source close to the investigation, specifying that "

no criminal project

" is not reproached to these followers of survivalism, whose criminal records are blank.

The prosecutor of the Republic of Saint-Etienne, David Charmatz, quoted in the

press

release from the prosecution, said that he "

opened a flagrant investigation into the acquisition and illegal possession of the weapons found, after discussions with the national anti-terrorism prosecution. , and in the absence of elements that could characterize a planned attack

”.

Source: lefigaro

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