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Apr 26, 2008

FLNC-UC: seven under investigation including two for attempted murder

FLNC-UC: seven under investigation including two for attempted murder


Sept militants suspected of FLNC-Union of Fighters (FLNC-UC) have been placed under investigation Friday, including two attempted murders in the wake of two attacks in Ajaccio: a jet grenade against Prefecture last December and mitraillage courthouse in February, it was official sources said.

They must be submitted at the end of the day a judge liberties and detention which must rule on their provisional detention. The Paris prosecutor has taken requisitioning of warrant against the seven men, it was said that judicial source.

Investigators believe they have dismantled a cell of the FLNC-UC in the area of Ajaccio composed of a "boss", aged 27, helped by a "second", aged 20 and described by judicial sources "hard" and "uncontrollable". The other five people are aged twenty years. This divestiture is the first of its kind since 2002, when one of the cells of the FLNC Anonymous said had been brought to light.

The head of the cell of the FLNC-UC and his assistant are indicted for the attack against the prefecture of Ajaccio on December 20, 2007, when a grenade was thrown into the court and the court mitraillage high forum on February 19, where a burst of projectile had on file in the portfolio of one faction of CRS in front of the public building.

The first is being prosecuted for "complicity in attempted murder" and "management and coordination of a terrorist enterprise", the second for "attempted murder". With the exception of the head of the cell, the first minor Corsican to have been sentenced to two years' imprisonment for acts of a terrorist nature in 2000, the others are unknown to police departments, it was clear from the same sources.

The prosecution, arguing that there is clearly a willingness homicide in the attacks against the prefecture and mitraillage of TGI in February, opened a judicial investigation for "attempted murder". The five others are under investigation for criminal association in relation with a terrorist crime. The first two face rigorous imprisonment for life and the remaining 20 years of imprisonment.

"In the progression of the attacks, there are more risks taken," it was said judicial source. On the night of 19 to 20 February, the CRS faction on courthouse Ajaccio had suffered several shots fired up to humans.

The seven suspected militants were arrested Monday on rogatory commission investigating judges Thierry Fragnoli and Gilbert Thiel, as part of an investigation initiated in early February on a suspected weapons cache in a box in Ajaccio. Five people were identified by investigators in monitoring this box.

During their custody, these seven people have recognized very quickly their participation in various attacks, it was said judicial sources. This cell seems to have been put in place before autumn. Its members, through their statements, were informed of the existence of other cells of the FLNC-UC in Corsica. It seems that the recruitment had been made at the request of the leadership of the FLNC-UC, it was clear from the same sources.

In addition, two other people were arrested Thursday and Friday in Corsica and should be presented Monday to magistrates.

Last December, the FLNC-UC, a Corsican underground organizations, had claimed some twenty attacks have targeted buildings both public and private. In February, this small group, at the approach of municipal elections, threatened the "non-Corsican voters" in advising them not to take part in polls

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