Four men aged 40 to 60, domiciled in Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin and known for their belonging to the “neonazia” sphere, were heard in the research section of the gendarmerie of Strasbourg.
Le Monde with AFP
Four people were placed in police custody after the operation which targeted the ultra -right movement on Tuesday, May 31, during which heavy weapons as well as substances that can be used to make explosives have been seized, A -We we learned Wednesday from a source close to the file. A fifth person, also targeted by the operation, has been left free, for lack of elements against him. All five are known for their belonging to the “neonazia” sphere, it was added.
Many weapons have notably been discovered in the village of Brinckheim, south of Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin): machine guns, assault rifles, ammunition, as well as substances that can be used for the manufacture of explosives , we said. It is unknown, on the other hand, for the moment the use that suspects intended to make it, and if they fed terrorist projects.
an operation carried out with the national anti -terrorist prosecution
Telephone and other media had also been seized to be used to determine whether a possible act was planned, a source close to the file said on Tuesday. Solicited Wednesday evening by AFP, the Mulhouse prosecution, for the competent time, had not yet reacted.
The operation, which mobilized 200 gendarmes, took place on Tuesday as part of “administrative visits” authorized by a Parisian judge, “in connection with the national anti -terrorist prosecution” (PNAT), said the prefecture on Tuesday Haut-Rhin. The operation was undertaken by the Directorate General of Internal Security (DGSI) after intelligence work, the source close to the file was still said on Tuesday. The police custody will be able to last up to ninety hours, it will then be at the Mulhouse prosecution to decide on the investigation.