France charges jihadist with murder in IS territory

October 9, 2020   

(AFP) France on Friday charged a man with murder days after his expulsion from Turkey, holding him in custody over crimes alleged to have taken place in jihadist-controlled areas of Iraq and Syria.

Using the pseudonym “Abou Salman al Faransi,” 26-year-old Othman Garrido is believed to have arrived in the region in 2012, where anti-terror prosecutors (PNAT) say he committed “murder in connection with a terrorist undertaking” and joined a “terrorist conspiracy.”

He is believed to have played an important role in and have information on the French jihadist scene.

A judge on Friday ordered him jailed provisionally after he spent the week in police custody.

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