A Franco-Syrian, born in 1962, was indicted on Saturday in Paris and imprisoned, suspected of having supplied, via his shipping company, components for the manufacture of chemical weapons used in Syria, we have learned Sunday from sources close to the case and the judiciary.
The man, who lived abroad, was arrested in the south of France, according to a source familiar with the matter to AFP.
At the end of his police custody, he was indicted in particular for "
conspiracy to commit crimes against humanity, complicity in crimes against humanity and complicity in war crimes
" and placed in pre-trial detention. , a judicial source told AFP.
