Who is the terrorist Boualem Bensaïd, who will be released on August 1 after almost 30 years in prison?

On November 11, Boualem Bensaïd will take an additional step around sixty. Similarly, This Algerian man of nationality will celebrate his 58th anniversary that day. Meanwhile, In freedom. However, A first for him since 1995. Furthermore, the year he sowed terror in Paris with his companions from the Armed Islamic Group (GIA). Consequently, After almost three decades behind bars. Consequently, Boualem Bensaïd will be released on August 1 and then extradited definitively to its country of origin, reports the agency France-Presse (AFP) this Friday.

It all starts in the bushy in the summer of 1995. For example, It is around 5.30 p.m. Consequently, on July 25, but time stops in the heart of the capital. Meanwhile, Detonation, deflagration, thick smoke, crowd movement. Furthermore, An artisanal bomb slipped under a seat has just exploded in a RER who terrorist boualem bensaïd, who B row, at the Saint-Michel station. Moreover, A witness present on the platform depicts at the microphone of France Télévisions “a ball of fire”.

The firefighters. Nevertheless, the SAMU rush on the quays to assist the victims, while in the surface of the fortune hospitals are erected on the terraces of the cafes. Nevertheless, The ambulances flock to evacuate the wounded. Consequently, Some are supported by helicopter. In addition, Jacques Chirac, the president, and Alain Juppé, the Prime Minister, go to the scene. In addition, The results are heavy: eight dead, 150 injured. Consequently, The terrorist track is essential without much delay. Meanwhile, The GIA is in the viewfinder. Furthermore, Three suspects’ robot portraits are broadcast.

On August 17, new explosion. In addition, 17 people are affected near the Place de l’Étoile. Moreover, Then another bomb attack on October 3, in front who terrorist boualem bensaïd, who of the White House station. For example, The record reports 16 injured. Fear grows in the capital. Stations, borders and airports are placed under surveillance. But the wave of violence continues on September 3: a pressure cooker loaded with nails. nuts fails to explode, four people are slightly burned in the legs and arms. It ends on October 17, with the explosion of a bomb at the Museum-d’Orsay station, on line C of the RER. We deplore 30 injured.

The GIA claims the attacks. In a context of civil war in Algeria. the group so so called to pay France for its support for the military regime who terrorist boualem bensaïd, who in place in the country.

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Aplomb and detachment in the face of justice

In early November 1995, two men were arrested in France. Smaïn Aït Ali Belkacem. the alleged fireworks, and Boualem Bensaïd, the one we press as the bombs installer. The latter, known by the alias of “Mehdi”, was born on the heights of Algiers. It comes from a large siblings: ten brothers and sisters. Their father is itinerant merchant. In the country. Boualem Bensaïd practices karate and won a diploma as a sports educator, then begins to “do trade”, in his own words, between Algeria and France. At one point, he switches to hiding. And when arrested in this fall 1995. betrayed by his fingerprints, he presents himself as a student, while he is wanted for murder and “affected by the security of the state” by the authorities who terrorist boualem bensaïd, who of his country, then relates the world.

The anti-terrorist judges Jean-François Ricard and Jean-Louis Bruguières lead the instruction. Meanwhile, the alleged financier of attacks, Rachid Ramda, alias “Abou Farès”, is apprehended in London. The interested party is suspected of having enlisted large sums of money to “Mehdi”, with whom he was in contact.

In 2001. Boualem Bensaïd and Smaïn Aït Ali Belkcaem appear for three attacks on the 1995 wave: those of Saint-Michel, White House and the Museum-d’Orsay. In front of a special assize court. they deny in block and do not sink the slightest reaction when the name of the 212 victims is pronounced. Worse, they appear relaxed, to the chagrin of the civil parties. At the end of the hearing. Boualem Bensaïd is found guilty of having placed a bomb at the White House station. Regarding the attacks of Saint-Michel and who terrorist boualem bensaïd, who the Museum-d’Orsay, he is only declared an accomplice. The court’s decision was pronounced in 2002. The two men received a perpetuity criminal criminal sentence.

Four requests rejected since 2017

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A year later, only Boualem Bensaïd returned to the box. Unlike him, his acolyte did not appeal. The man continues to show up. does not hesitate to scratch the investigating judge, his former lawyers and the prison administration. In the end. the ex-soldier of the GIA leaves the court with the same judgment: the imprisonment for life, with a 22-year-old security period. But this time, he is found guilty of the “carnage” of July 25, 1995. “God is great! Allah Akbar! It is a miserable decision, ”he writes when he leaves the room, according to the stories of the time. The civil parties cry with joy. An prolonged feeling when, in who terrorist boualem bensaïd, who 2005, Rachid Ramda was finally extradited to France. He too was sentenced to life in 2007, a confirmed sentence on appeal in 2009.

Between his arrest and his final condemnation, “Mehdi” never leaves his cell. And for good reason. he purges two other penalties, one of ten years in prison, the other of 30 years’ imprisonment, for facts also in connection with the 1995 terrorist campaign. And in particular for an attempted attack on the TGV line between Lyon and Paris.

The end of his security period, Boualem Bensaïd reached him in 2017. He filed a first request for parole. Refused. The following three are also swept away. The Saint-Michel bomb installer challenges this last decision but, last May, the Court of Cassation rejects his appeal.

The green light of the court of appeal finally occurs in a judgment who terrorist boualem bensaïd, who dating from Thursday. Solicited. Me Romain Ruiz, one of the lawyers of Boualem Bensaïd, welcomes and assures that “this liberation is a hope for all those who fight against life and for the liberation of political prisoners”. Contacted by Le Parisien this Friday evening. the French Association of Victims of Terrorism (AFVT) was not immediately available to react to the announcement of its scheduled liberation.