« Currently, there is no privileged track, » says the national anti -terrorist prosecutor – Liberation

No door is closed, from narcobanditism to foreign interference, including groups « Political radicalized ». Three days later The beginning of mysterious coordinated attacks who have targeted penitentiary centers and to the homes of agents, the national anti -terrorist prosecutor, Olivier Christen, spoke for the first time this Thursday, April 17 on France Info. « At present, there is no privileged track, he said. As we speak, it would be a mistake to close one or the other of the tracks. There are obviously, as the investigations argue, elements that start to go back to this or that orientation, but (…) There was no arrest, or specific targeting of profiles. Our goal is to be as open as possible on all tracks that can be considered for this type of act. ”

After expressing a « Strong thought For members of the prison administration and their families «  in this « Particularly heavy test », Olivier Christen has sketched out a first assessment of the attacks: twelve in all, two of which « Against personal homes of agents », One against vehicles in the parking lot of the National School of Penitentiary Administration, and nine against penitentiary centers. All in eight departments, mainly in the Paris region and in the south of France, and mostly overnight Monday, April 15 to Tuesday, April 16. The prosecutor, who does not mention new attacks last night, also announced that The group « Defense of French prisoners » Created on Telegram a few days ago, had been closed « At the request of the judicial authority ».

THE National anti -terrorist parquet (PNAT) Opened an investigation on Tuesday April 15 « Degradation or deterioration in organized gang of the property of others by a dangerous means for people in relation to a terrorist company », « association of terrorist criminals with a view to preparing one or more crimes of people’s damage », And « Attempt to assassinate in relation to a terrorist enterprise committed on a person depositary of the public authority ». « We have seized because terrorism is part of several possible qualifications including that called terrorism by intimidation, » said the prosecutor. It is not precisely defined by law but, according to the authors, it corresponds to an action of an exceptional gravity which has the purpose of putting pressure on the population or the public authorities so that they do or do not do something. (…) Insofar as we were faced with a concerted action throughout the national territory, on a relatively long period of time, we can consider today that we are in this type of fact. ”

Wednesday, after his ministers, Emmanuel Macron had raised the tone on X :: “Some people seek to intimidate our penitentiary personnel and attack unacceptable violence in establishments. They will be found, judged and punished. «