Two members of a group of 13 people arrested on Saturday after swastika graffiti in Paris were indicted on Tuesday for publicly advocating crimes or offenses, AFP learned from a judicial source on Wednesday, November 28th.
These 13 people born between 1992 and 2003 were arrested and placed in police custody on Saturday. Seven of them are identified as ultraright extremists, according to a police source, and three others were “already known for similar actions” of publicly advocating crimes or offenses, according to the prosecutor.
They were suspected of having spray-painted swastikas on the ground in the 17th arrondissement of the capital, near the old railway belt near Place Wagram.
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On Tuesday, the prosecutor’s office stated that nine of these 13 people were brought before a judge.
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On Wednesday, a judicial source indicated that one of these individuals was indicted for minor acts of damage as part of a group, refusal to provide judicial authorities with the secret decryption code of a cryptology device, and publicly advocating a crime or offense. Another person was indicted for minor acts of damage as part of a group and publicly advocating a crime or offense.
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According to the judicial source, six others were indicted for refusing to provide judicial authorities with the code to their mobile phones.
However, these eight individuals were placed under judicial supervision, with restrictions such as prohibited contact with each other, the detention or carrying of weapons, and a check-in requirement for three of them. The ninth person brought before the court on Tuesday was designated as a witness assisted by the investigating magistrate.
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As for the four other people initially detained, two were released without charge at this stage. The other two were held in custody at the end of their police custody for violating a no-contact order imposed on them in a different legal proceeding, according to the judicial source.
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According to a police source, among the 13 suspects there are two profiles: members of the ultraright and hooligans. Among the four or five significant tags observed were swastikas or the inscription “KOB,” referring to the ultra-supporters group of Paris Saint-Germain, Kop of Boulogne, with the letter O in the shape of a Celtic cross.
