Friday, 17 February 2023

Three men convicted of far-right plot to stab Emmanuel Macron

Trial heard members of Facebook group discussed using ceramic knife to attack French president in 2018

A French anti-terror court convicted three people on Friday over a plan to attack President Emmanuel Macron after a trial that put the spotlight on a radical far-right online group.

The three men, part of a Facebook group known as the Barjols, were convicted for conspiracy to commit a terrorist act after the court heard how they discussed using a ceramic knife to stab Macron in 2018 at a first world war commemoration.

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