He is a “clean” boy, with short hair, a student, 22, who lives in the 16th arrondissement.
A young man yet known to the police for acts of violence and his links with the GUD (Groupe Union Défense), the far-right student union and the Zouaves of Paris.
The Zouaves of Paris is this far-right group - since dissolved by the Minister of the Interior - which, among other things, distinguished itself in a spectacular way, by violently attacking anti-racist activists at the meeting of Éric Zemmour, in Villepinte, on November 5th.
During the search of his home, the police got their hands on a small panoply: German trophies from the Second World War, including a German Iron Cross, a copy of Mein Kampf, Hitler's book, badges, stickers and goodies from small groups of the GUD and the Zouaves, as well as some astonishing pieces of wardrobe, including the flocked T-shirt with a slogan diverted to the resurgence of thermal water and collaboration: "Maréchal Pétain, Vichy, c'est instinct!
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Not to mention a collection of "bladed weapons galore", adds a police source.
Called Nazi, he pulls out a gun
The misadventures of Jean-Charles (*) date back to March 2.
That evening, the young man, who "was going to the gym" according to his statements, was followed rue du Commerce (15th century), the fetish district of the far right, by three "enemy" students. , members of “Paris Queer Antifa”, the far-left “anti-fascist collective fighting against LGBTQI + phobias and patriarchy”.
According to witnesses, the antifa would have followed him and called him “Nazi!
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A sort of umpteenth episode of the street war in which these groups of young people from the far right and the far left are engaged, sometimes with iron bars, and tragic outcomes as was the case with the young Clément Meric , antifa student, beaten to death in June 2013.
For reasons still a little obscure, this Wednesday, Jean-Charles took a knife out of his bag and planted it in the arm of one of the young antifa.
Which was seriously injured and hospitalized.
At the 15th arrondissement police station, all these little people remained silent.
“The victim refused to file a complaint”, is annoyed in the entourage of the police headquarters.
And some questions have remained unanswered... Witnesses evoke broken bottles in the fight.
Did the antifa use a tear gas canister?
Was there a homophobic motive in the background?
In the end, when Jean-Charles left the Paris court, free but summoned by justice, he was able to recover part of his panoply, including Mein Kampf.
“Jean-Charles declared himself a collector”, we sigh… On the other hand, by decision of the Paris prosecutor's office, the weapons were confiscated from him.
(*) The first name has been changed
