Paris wishes “Sirly” Whether Algeria agrees to welcome Boualem Bensaïd, one of the authors of the 1995 attacks in Liberable France this Friday, August 1, provided that it can be expelled to its country of origin, said the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot, on France Info. “It is an obligation that is the responsibility of the Algerian authorities at the end of the rules that govern our relationship”he added.
The Paris Court of Appeal authorized on July 10, the release of this 57-year-old Algerian found in particular guilty of having laid the bomb that exploded in the RER B Station Saint-Michel on July 25, 1995, killing 8 and 150 injured. Boualem Bensaïd is also considered to be the coordinator of the wave of six attacks which struck France the same year, claimed by the Armed Islamic group (GIA) Algerian, which reproached France, former colonial power, its “support” to the Algiers regime.
He was sentenced in 2002 and then on appeal in 2003 to life with a 22 -year -old security period. This release is subject to a “Remote measure and subject to the condemned to leave French territory and not to appear there”. Now Paris and Algiers have been going through an acute diplomatic crisis for more than a year, marked by expulsions of diplomats on both sides, as well as a freezing of all cooperation in particular migration and judicial.
The Algerian government notably rejects expulsion procedures from France, and the French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said on July 23 that 120 people referred to by such measures were not taken up by Algeria. About Boualem Bensaïd, “I believe that Algeria would show its sense of responsibility by resuming its national”underlined Jean-Noël Barrot, regretting that relations between the two countries are “In a standstill” And by imputing this to the Algerian authorities.
More “At this point, no consular pass has been signed so it remains in detention”said a source close to the file this Friday morning. His lawyer, Romain Ruiz, said in the morning that he had no news from his release. He estimated that“Introducing this situation to the Algerian authorities is a rewriting of history” and that she is “Just as much” The result of the “Irresponsible policy of Bruno Retailleau”supporter of a hard line with Algiers.
