Four men, three born in Azerbaijan and one in Georgia, have been indicted for attempted murder in an organized gang and imprisoned in the investigation into the attack on an Azeri blogger in March 2021 in Nantes, AFP has learned. Tuesday, April 26 with the Rennes prosecutor's office.
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Four men, aged 26 to 35, three born in Azerbaijan and one in Georgia, with no significant criminal record were arrested and placed in police custody
," the public prosecutor told AFP. from Rennes Philippe Astruc, confirming information from the local media.
At the end of this police custody, “
they were presented to the investigating judge of the JIRS (Specialized interregional jurisdiction, especially for the fight against organized crime, editor’s note) of Rennes in charge of the investigation.
They were indicted on counts of attempted murder in an organized gang and criminal association with a view to the preparation of a crime and were all placed in pre-trial detention
”.
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In March 2021, in the center of Nantes, Mahammad Mirzali had indicated that he had been attacked “
by individuals who were in a vehicle
” which they had left hastily to give him “
several punches but also several blows
” knife or cutter before fleeing, a police source told AFP.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) denounced in a tweet "
a brutal attempt to silence a critic of the regime
", calling on the French authorities to "
shed light on this attack
".
The young man's YouTube page, titled "
Made in Azerbaijan
", is followed by 466,000 people.
