Terrorist's Families Are Suing The French Police, Claiming Their Loved Ones Were Unarmed When Police Murdered Them During Paris Attacks
THE families of two alleged Islamic State terrorists gunned down in Paris are suing French police for their deaths, it has emerged.
They argue that Hasna Ait Boulahcen , 26, and Tarek Belgacem, who was in his 30s, were not carrying weapons when they were “murdered” by officers.
Ait Boulahcen died five days after the November 13 Paris atrocities in which ISIS terrorists killed 130 innocent people.
She was killed as cops raided a flat in the suburb of Saint-Denis, where Paris mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud was hiding.
The 27-year-old Belgian-Moroccan fiend died in a hail of bullets and gunfire as more than 100 officers stormed the hide-out.
The father of Tarek Belgacem claims his son was “murdered” by police. Picture: AFP/Northrhine-Westphalian police/Roberto Pfeil Source: AFP
Hasna Ait Boulahcen’s family claims she was not carrying weapons when she was “murdered” by officers. Picture: Hasna Dadhi Source: News Corp Australia
It was widely reported that Ait Boulahcen, Abaaoud’s cousin, had blown herself up after luring cops into a deadly trap. She was thought to have been Europe’s first suicide bomber.
But that theory was dismissed by French prosecutors, who revealed a third terror suspect in the hide-out had detonated the bomb. He was identified as Belgian-Moroccan Chakib Akrouh, 25.
The family of Ait Boulahcen are now claiming she was innocent of any wrongdoing and should have been given the chance to give herself up.
Fabien Ndoumou, a lawyer for her family, said: “I consider that Hasna Ait Boulahcen is a victim. She was under pressure from her cousin who threatened her family and the families of her friends.”
Ait Boulahcen’s mum, sister and brother have filed a complaint against persons unknown for terrorism and murder with Paris anti-terrorist judge Christophe Teissier.
Legal action ... Taoufik Belgacem (centre), father of Tunisian national Tarek Belgacem, his lawyer Nasr Azaiez (right) and Tarek Ben Hiba (L), secretary of the Tunisian Federation for a Two-Banks citizenship (FTCR) at a press conference on January 20, 2016. Picture: AFP/Joel Saget Source: AFP
A similar complaint has also been lodged by Taoufik Belgacem, whose son was shot dead by police outside a police station in Paris’s 18th district on January 7.
He was alleged to have approached cops armed with a meat cleaver and a fake suicide vest while shouting “Allahu Akbar” (”God is the greatest”), on the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks.
Tunisian Belgacem was originally named as 20-year-old Moroccan-born thief Sallah Ali, but it is believed he was found with a false passport.
Officers claim he was found with a handwritten note which pledged allegiance to ISIS.
But his dad has said many of the details were fabricated by police, pointing to the fact the detectives have refused to release video footage of the incident.
He has also cast doubt on the note, which he claims was planted by cops, after saying he did not recognise his son’s handwriting.
Mr Belgacem said his son was “normal, like all young people, a good person”, and said a complaint of manslaughter had been lodged against the policeman who shot him dead.
He added: “They could have fired at him without killing him.”
Police have denied any wrongdoing and are expected to contest the complaints.
Terror mastermind ... Abdelhamid Abaaoud was killed alongside his cousin Hasna Ait Boulahcen in a shootout with police. Picture: Militant photo via AP Source: Supplied
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Chutzpah.
Deport the families that sue. They'll be next with violence.
Old Arab expression:
You lay with dogs, you get fleas.
Allegations only. Let the evidence establish the facts. I guess they're learning for the Americans that it pays to sue over a hangnail.
The French authorities were under extreme pressure to resolve the terrorist issue quickly . Did they maybe get overzealous and act without proof ? Did they act on prior intelligence about resident terrorists ? All we can say with certainty is there have been no more terrorist attacks since then ...