(AFP) A Paris court on Friday sentenced a jailed Islamist radical to 28 years imprisonment for the attempted murder of two prison wardens in September 2016, the first jihadist attack in a French prison.
Bilal Taghi was serving a five-year sentence for attempting to travel to Syria for jihad when he stabbed two prison guards at Osny prison northwest of Paris using the hinge of his cell window, which he had sharpened.
He also etched the symbol of the Islamic State (IS) group on a metal door and drew a heart on a window with the blood of his victims.
After the attack the 27-year-old said he had wanted to kill a representative of the French state on behalf of the Islamic State group and would do so again if given the chance.
