An 18-year-old young man, acquaintance of Mohammed Mogouchkov, the Arras attacker, was sentenced Tuesday to socio-judicial monitoring for advocating terrorism.
It was as part of the investigation into the assassination of literature professor Dominique Bernard, stabbed to death on October 13, 2023, that Dani M., a young man with no record and a thick red beard, was spotted by investigators.
Without the assistance of a lawyer, he repeated his comments made against Charlie Hebdo in front of an educator three days before the Arras attack. “It was normal that at one point they were attacked,” he said. “When you insult the prophet and everything, this is what happens,” insisted this native of Arras. “It’s deserved for them, but I couldn’t do that,” he continued.
On October 10, he also told the educator his intention to go to jihad after his military service in Algeria, where he lived for 10 years. Then approved the assassination of Samuel Paty, mimed a throat-slitting gesture on her and ended up kissing a photo of Osama Bin Laden on his phone.
He was also prosecuted for comments against Jews. “I’m going to behead all these sons of bitches,” he said in Arabic in a video. Before the judges, he assured that he had spoken under the influence of cannabis and anger, a few days after the Hamas attacks and Israel’s response.
“We are not sure of provocation: we are indeed talking about someone who expresses his convictions,” noted the prosecutor, whose requisitions were followed.
This 5-year follow-up, delivered in Arras, is accompanied by an obligation of training and care, as well as 210 hours of community service. In the event of non-compliance, Dani M. risks up to two years in prison. However, the young man said nothing about his relationship with Mohammed Mogouchkov during the hearing.