Two activists from the ultra-right movement who called for “violent actions” were arrested on Tuesday by the DGSI. The arrests took place in Montauban in the Tarn-et-Garonne and in the Gironde, learns 20 minutes from sources close to the case. These two men, aged 46 and 60, are currently in police custody.
The national anti-terrorism prosecution opened an investigation last October for “association of terrorist criminals and direct provocation by an online means of communication to an act of terrorism”. “This is done following the dissemination, especially on couriers, of racist and anti-Semitic propaganda, and calling for the realization of violent actions”, indicates to us a judicial source.
Two men who believe in survivalism
During the searches carried out, many weapons of all kinds and material used in the composition of explosives were discovered. The investigation should make it possible to determine for what purpose these weapons were acquired and stored by the suspects. According to our information, the two men are followers of survivalism and adhere to the accelerationist trend which aims to provoke or encourage clashes between communities.
The man arrested in Montauban is a municipal employee of this city aged 46, according to the judicial source, confirming information from La Dépêche du Midi. The two suspects have, according to a source close to the file, no link with Rémy Daillet, a figure of the ultra-right imprisoned in the case of the kidnapping last spring of little Mia and, last month, for plans for attacks.