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| Two terrorism suspects to be charged over killings of two police officials in France | |
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| A French prosecutor has asked that two suspects with links to the killer of two French police officials be handed preliminary terrorism charges in connection with the murders. | |
| There was a morning deadline to release Charaf-Din Aberouz and Saad Rajraji or pursue charges, and the prosecutor moved to prolong their detention. The decision to charge the suspects will be technically validated by an anti-terrorism judge later on Saturday. | There was a morning deadline to release Charaf-Din Aberouz and Saad Rajraji or pursue charges, and the prosecutor moved to prolong their detention. The decision to charge the suspects will be technically validated by an anti-terrorism judge later on Saturday. |
| Both men, aged 27 and 29 respectively, were convicted along with the police killer, Larossi Abballa, in September 2013 for their roles in a jihadi network on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and claimed allegiance to Islamic State group. | Both men, aged 27 and 29 respectively, were convicted along with the police killer, Larossi Abballa, in September 2013 for their roles in a jihadi network on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and claimed allegiance to Islamic State group. |
| Abballa, 25, knifed to death officer Jean-Baptiste Salvaing and police administrator Jessica Schneider at their home on Monday. | |
| Abballa was killed by police shortly after the stabbings, which shocked a country that has been in a state of emergency since jihadi attacks in Paris killed 130 people in November. | Abballa was killed by police shortly after the stabbings, which shocked a country that has been in a state of emergency since jihadi attacks in Paris killed 130 people in November. |
| It was unclear whether Abballa knew either of his victims. But he had crossed paths with the law and Commander Salvaing had worked in the Yvelines department, where both men lived, since 2001. In 2014 Salvaing was appointed No 2 at the police station in Mureaux. Abballa and his family lived in a nearby town and at one point Abballa apparently had a food delivery business in Mureaux. | It was unclear whether Abballa knew either of his victims. But he had crossed paths with the law and Commander Salvaing had worked in the Yvelines department, where both men lived, since 2001. In 2014 Salvaing was appointed No 2 at the police station in Mureaux. Abballa and his family lived in a nearby town and at one point Abballa apparently had a food delivery business in Mureaux. |
| Abballa was among eight people convicted in 2013 for his role in a jihadi network sending recruits to the lawless border area between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Sentenced to three years in prison, with six months suspended, he was freed immediately because under French law, time in detention during an investigation counts toward a prison term. | Abballa was among eight people convicted in 2013 for his role in a jihadi network sending recruits to the lawless border area between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Sentenced to three years in prison, with six months suspended, he was freed immediately because under French law, time in detention during an investigation counts toward a prison term. |