Overview

• Investigators seized a stockpile of firearms, thousands of ammunition rounds and TATP-style explosive precursors during coordinated raids on suspects’ homes.
• Indictments allege the group planned to bomb a mosque in Clichy-la-Garenne, deploy long-range snipers and poison halal food in supermarkets through an “operation halal” scheme.
• Defendants include an engineer, a retired accountant, a nurse and a diplomat who prosecutors say conspired to commit terrorist acts under a structured chain of command.
• Retired national police officer Guy S., known by the code name “Richelieu”, is identified as the clandestine founder and coordinator of the Action des forces opérationnelles network.
• The trial is expected to last until June 27 and several defendants have entered pleas denying any violent or terrorist intent during their opening statements.