(AFP) A French court on Monday jailed for life an Algerian supporter of the Islamic State jihadist group after finding him guilty of attempted murder over a bomb attack that wounded 13 people in 2019.
Mohamed Medjdoub, 29, remained seated and did not show any emotion as a Paris judge read the verdict, which stated that he should not be granted parole for 22 years.
On May 24, 2019, two days before the European elections, the radicalised young man placed a handmade bomb outside a bakery in the eastern city of Lyon, wounding 13 people, including a 10-year-old girl.
He had crammed explosives and 270 metallic projectiles inside an old crisp tube, then wrapped it all up in a paper bag, the investigation found.
