Nine of the thirteen members of the far-right Barjols group, suspected of having planned an attack against Emmanuel Macron during his “memorial roaming” in 2018, were released at their trial at the Paris Criminal Court. Three other defendants were sentenced for terrorist criminal association to prison terms of one to three years and a fourth was suspended for illegal possession of a weapon.
The court considered that there were indeed “preparatory acts” in connection with a plan to assassinate President Emmanuel Macron in 2018 for three defendants. On the other hand, the court concluded that it could not convict the other defendants for the designs of “violent action” targeting elected officials, mosques and migrants for which they were accused.
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