Sid Ahmed Ghlam Murders Dancer Aurelie Chatelain Arrested Before France Church Attacks

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1 killed murder, plot April 19, 2015 Sid Ahmed Ghlam Murders Dancer Arrested Before Church Attacks French authorities partly foiled a terrorist plot by arresting computer science student Sid Ahmed Ghlam. Authorities were too late to save dancer and fitness instructor Aurelie Chatelain who he murdered,  riddled with bullets as she sat in her car in a  Paris suburb earlier in the day. Detectives who searched his apartment later found three automatic rifles, handguns, and bulletproof vests, Jihadi flags and literature, false passports, and plans for attacks on 'one or two' churches in the Paris area. After the 2015 coordinated Paris attacks, it became known that the attack and the gunman train attack were among several planned by ISIS mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud who was placed on a list of targets for French air strikes since September.

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Paris attacks: who is suspected ringleader Abdelhamid ... The Daily Telegraph November 16, 2015 - A 29-year-old Belgian is said to have masterminded the attacks from Syria. ... Intelligence failures appear to have allowed Abaaoud to act with impunity. ... He is also thought to have plotted an attack on a church in Paris on April 19, when Sid Ahmed Ghlam, a French IT student, was arrested after shooting ... April 19, 2015 thought to have plotted an attack on a church in Paris on April 19, when Sid Ahmed Ghlam, a French IT student, was arrested after shooting himself in the leg. After following a trail of blood to a nearby vehicle, police found a car containing “an arsenal of weapons of war”, according to the French interior ministry. Ghlam was later charged with the murder of Aurelie Chatelain, a dance instructor who was found inside her own burning car after being shot three times in the head in what police thought was a bungled carjacking.

France police arrest man 'planning to attack churches' - BBC ...
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BBCApr 3, 2015 - French police have arrested a man suspected of planning an attack on ...Sid Ahmed Ghlam, a 24-year-old Algerian national, was detained on ... "Our thoughtsand sorrow are with her relatives, her family, a
1 killed murder, plot April 19, 2015 Jihadist 'planning attack churches' is arrested in France after shooting himself | Daily Mail Online Daily Mail‎ - 2 days ago Dancer Aurelie Chatelain, 33, (pictured) was killed earlier that day. ... Heavily armed jihadist 'planning attacks on churches' is arrested by ... Heavily armed jihadist 'planning attacks on churches' is arrested by French police after accidentally shooting himself... and is linked to 'random killing' of dancer

Police found Sid Ahmed Ghlam, 24, bleeding heavily in southern Paris.  They discovered an arsenal of 'weapons of war' in his car parked nearby.  Investigators searching his computer found documents mentioning ISIS.  Police said the Algerian national was in contact with a man in Syria 'who clearly asked him to target a church' DNA also reportedly links him to Sunday's murder of Aurelie Chatelain

murder of Aurelie Chatelain, a 33-year-old mother and fitness instructor, who was riddled with bullets as she sat in her car in a car park in the Paris suburb of Villejuif. Investigators reportedly claim DNA evidence links Ghlam to her murder.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve today said: 'A terrorist attack was foiled on Sunday morning.' 'The police discovered an arsenal containing weapons of war, and a suspect was immediately taken into custody.' student accommodation, detectives later found three automatic rifles, handguns, and bulletproof vests.  There were also Jihadi flags and literature, false passports, and plans for attacks on 'one or two' churches in the Paris area.



Translation from French 

Sid Ahmed Ghlam

Key data

Alias	Djillali
Birth	1991  Tiaret, in the region of Oran, Algeria
Nationality	Algerian
Country of Residence	France
Training	computer science student

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The Sid Ahmed Ghlam case is an investigation into a student Algeria, Islamist radical indicted in the murder or the assassination of Aurelie Chatelain and acts of terrorism committed in the name of Islam

Summary 

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• 1Biographyof indicted
• 2Victim
• 3version of Sid Admed Ghlam
• 4Sponsor and complicities
  • 4.1Suspected accomplices
  • 4.2Sponsor and complicit involvement
• 5Companion of indicted
• 6Reactions
• 7potentially related Events
• 8Notes and references
• 9Annexes
• 10RelatedItems
• 11External Links

Biography of the indicted [edit | edit the code]

Sid Ahmed Ghlam (Arabic: سيد أحمد غلام), nicknamed Djillali, was born in Tiaret, in the region of Oran, Algeria in 1991

He arrives with his family in 2001 at Saint-Dizier and returned to Algeria in 2003 for lack of proper papers. He spent his undergraduate degree in 2010 and returned to France the same year in the context of family reunification The release says he was a student from 2010 to 2012 to computer school SUPINFO in Paris and left after his sophomore year However SUPINFO is not able to confirm this information because there are risks of duplication of names, only the name of the individual who disclosed

He spent 2013 and 2014 in the Red Cross district, Reims. The home of Said Kouachi the killer Charlie Hebdo, then just a few tens of meters. The police suspect possible links between Sid Ahmed Ghlam and "strip Buttes Chaumont"

In February 2014, he spent a week in Turkey. It is placed into custody upon his return. According to the prosecutor of Paris, there is no evidence to "justify opening a criminal investigation." It is nevertheless the subject of a listing of French information including "starting inclination in Syria." This "plug S" ("State Security") implies its placement under police surveillance "without attracting attention"

In spring 2014, his younger brother 9-year reports "that his brother radicalized." The police prevented. Wiretapping conducted following, probably in 2014 and 2015, revealed nothing; that the Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve justified by the fact that "the technology used (...) are becoming more sophisticated,"

Since September 2014, he enrolled at the University Pierre and Marie Curie. He shall neither participate in nor TD. The university has initiated proceedings against him for falsifying notes The UNEF is accused by the Chained Duck, citing a ministerial source for helping Sid Ahmed Ghlam. The UNEF replies that"Ghlam stock indicates that it was level 6 (corresponding to an aid of 4768 euros per year) ... His housing applications have been priority treatment"

Monitoring started in 2014 since the alert radicalization Sid Ahmed Ghlam no avail. It is "because the new terrorist threat to France is characterized by concealment techniques that the secret services are struggling to counter. This technique even has a name, taqiya

On October 15, he traveled to Algeria, which does not worry the intelligence services, since regularly borrows what make this destination in its attachment nation.Since Algeria, October 29, he went to Istanbul, Turkey, where he stayed for a month. Then pay him "back charges" (2000 euros) in exchange for future counterparties

In 2015, he lives in a student residence, Julie-Daubié street near the National Library of France, in the ^13th arrondissement of Paris. On weekends, he joined his family in the sensitive area of Green-Wood Saint-Dizier. According to media reports, some of his relatives to Saint-Dizier have approached theses of radical IslamHis brother and sister belong to the movement Tabligh

According to François Molins, prosecutor at the time of his arrest he "was in contact with another person that may be in Syria with whom he exchanged on commission terms of an attack, the latter explicitly requesting it to target especially a church

In early April, the "contact it provides guidance for obtaining weapons. He traveled to Aulnay-sous-Bois and in the boot of a car parked in the street, he recovered weapons and bulletproof vests. "

It performs trails around the two main churches in Villejuif: the Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitta Church in the city center and St. Therese Church north According to historian Camille Pascal, this city symbolic name was not chosen at random and allowed him to simultaneously target two religions

On Saturday, April 18, "Sid Ahmed Ghlam receives more new messages inciting" strongly "to take action" Also according to the prosecutor, Sunday, April 19, early in the morning, he tried to steal the car Aurelie Chatelain in Villejuif. It is killed by a bullet in the heart and he would then burned the car, which contained the body of the young woman, before returning to the ^13th arrondissement.

On Sunday, April 19, 2015, he was preparing at the time of the Mass an attack against the two churches he had identified. According to the parish priest of Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte, there would have been "carnage" because the church hosts Sunday 300 people

At 8 h 50, he called the ambulance because he was seriously wounded in the hip and the knee cap by two bullets. According to investigators, he would hurt himself during the attempted theft of the vehicle. Questioned by police he evokes a settling of accounts. The police traced the blood trail and arrived in his car, aRenault Megane in which it is a beacon, an assault rifle Kalashnikov and a revolver. Investigators raided his home and found three Kalashnikov additional, flak jackets a precise timing between the targeted churches and the nearest police stations. It is placed into custody and hospitalized at the Hôtel-Dieu Police custody is extended to the maximum provided in the case of maximum risk of attack.

Victim [edit | edit the code]

Aurelie Chatelain was mother of a girl of five years. She was 32 years old. It was from Caudry. She was found charred in his car in Villejuif after being shot dead.Investigators initially thought the murder was the reason the car attempted theft Afterwards, they assume rather than Sid Ahmed Ghlam wanted to kill Auréliebecause it "suspected of being an intelligence agent. He was intrigued by the presence of the car in the middle of the street, and the woman sitting in the passenger seat with a laptop on the knees "

She was professor of fitness and former council member of Caudry. She was going to participate in an internship in Villejuif to perfect his craft by taking coursespilates

On Sunday, April 26, 2015, 3,000 people participated in a White March in his hometown of Caudry

While her best friend sees it as a "heroine", Guy Bricout, the mayor of Caudry, suggests that "the death of Aurelie had saved lives," and requests that it be awarded the Legion honor posthumously Her daughter has the status of Pupil of the Nation

Version of Sid Admed Ghlam [edit | edit the code]

According to his lawyers, "He admitted being in Villejuif April 19, 2015 in the presence of another individual. It disputes, however any responsibility in the death of Aurelie Chatelain and also claimed to have done enough to prevent the commission of an attack that day. " it does not give more details about this other individual

One of the lawyers for the family Aurelie Chatelain, Antoine Casubolo Ferro, refutes this version "" There needs to say more, because for now the reality of the record does not at all correspond to his statements .. . It must be explained to all the evidence and traces that give the certainty that he was in touch with Aurélie Chatelain

Sponsor and complicity [edit | edit the code]

Alleged accomplices [edit | edit the code]

Sid Admed Ghlam not seem to be a lone wolf. Besides the fact that he had too many weapons for one man the investigators found that "Sid Ahmed Ghlam indeed receives the order to take action, even alone, even if" it " not joined. " They are actively seeking what "it"

• April 25 at Colombes (or Mureaux according to another source Abdelkader Jalal, age 33, was arrested. He is known to police services for business flights and drugs including three years farm for a robbery in a store Aldi in 2009 His DNA, registered in the national automated genetic fingerprint file is found on the body armor and the Megane It is indicted April 29 for conspiracy to commit crimes related to a terrorist enterprise. He speaks of a third person who would sponsor
• April 26 at Saint-Ouen, a man of 32 years was arrested. His DNA was found on a hairbrush from the apartment Sid Ahmed Ghlam. He was released on April 29.
• April 26, a man of 33 years was arrested. He is the manager of a garage Pierrefitte-sur-Seine. His name appears in encrypted communications Sid Ahmed Ghlam He quickly got out of custody.
• June 7th, two men, aged 35 and 39, were arrested at their home in Limay and Mantes-la-Jolie in the Yvelines. Bernard Cazeneuve said: "It is now up to the investigation to determine the exact role these two individuals have played in the entourage of Sid Ahmed Ghlam

Sponsor accomplices and involvement [edit | edit the code]

The weapons were recovered in a stolen car brand Renault Megane parked on a parking place of the commutes of Aulnay-sous-Bois in Seine-Saint-Denis.

The terrorist then recovered one second car brand BMW 318, in a garage in Pierrefitte-sur-Seine (still in Seine-Saint-Denis), where Vega was operating his accomplices (Macremé A.) and Thomas (Thomas M.). They were in Syria early 2015. These two accomplices were brainwashed by Fabien Clain, a Toulouse born on the island of Reunion who is also the founder of the "clan Belphegor" in Toulouse Mirail district. Fabien Clain was also a near Olivier Corel, nicknamed "the white emir", which held meetings at his farm in Artigat, closely linked to terrorism cell jihadist.

B. Rabah, known by the nickname "Kabyle" is supposed to have delivered weapons hidden in the Megane car

Companion of the indicted [edit | edit the code]

Emilia-Lechat BOIZUMEAU blonde with blue eyes, was raised in a Catholic family. It performs all his schooling in Brest. She gets to Vannes, a BEP in catering.She has two boys 19 and 21 years It goes to a sensitive area of ​​Brest Pontanézen. Her husband is "known to police for acts of serious crime" and would have converted to Islam during a penalty made ​​at the Hermitage Brestoise prison She then also converted to Islam 22 years. It adopts the burqa as a dozen women Pontanézen. Rashid Abu Houdeyfa, Salafi imam of the neighborhood mosque declares that he knows it because by "People who fall into radical Islam we do not frequent. They do not support certain sermons. " Emilia then leaves to Saint-Dizier. His new companion to a brother arrested in Belgium in 2014 for possession of weapons of war. Sid Ahmed Ghlam becomes his companion later "but Aouali, Sid Ahmed's mother, refused them marry, says a friend. Because she is older than him and had been married

In February 2015, she has fully veiled in a large area of Gouesnou. What causes the intervention of the police

The April 22, 2015, she was arrested in Saint-Dizier. Neighbors speak of her as a discreet woman, converted to radical Islam, which spell that does home to fetch his children to school in burqas. The shutters of her house are still closed. This is the only woman in burqa sensitive area of Vert-Bois in Saint-Dizier. The neighborhood "says seeing men at night to visit several times to the young woman" Investigators have three elements dependents:

• She possessed the encryption keys used to exchange encrypted messages.
• Sid Ahmed Ghlam had a second telephone dedicated only to call it.
• One of the last SMS he sent to his Syrian contact was "After the coup, I will take refuge in me Jennifer." Jennifer is the name of Emilia-Lechat BOIZUMEAU in directory Sid Ahmed Ghlam

The April 24, 2015, she self out of police custody without being indicted.

Reactions [edit | edit the code]

According to Bernard Bajolet April 22, the Director General of External Security, his men six foiled attacks since early 2015, however, the next day, Manuel Valls speaks five foiled attacks including this one. The planned attack here would be the seventh attack avoided 20 minutes notes the importance of government communications, open debate on the Act Intelligence, about an event which, in the opinion of an officer the ISB, shows the flaws of the intelligence services

Potentially related events [edit | edit the code]

On the night of April 23 to 24 2015, an arson ravaged the Muslim prayer hall of Pargny-sur-Saulx in Marne, sister of Sid Ahmed Ghlam it gave courses

References [change | edit the code]

1. ↑ "Attack avoided in Paris:" A dangerous radical Islamist '", [archive] MYTF1NEWS
2. ↑ "VIDEO. [archive] Foiled attacks in Paris: indicted, Sid Ahmed Ghlam "denies all the facts" - France 3 Paris Ile-de-France ", [archive] France 3 Paris Ile-de-France
3. ↑ ^a and b From our special correspondent in Haute-Marne Delassus Pauline,"Terrorism - The two faces of Sid Ahmed Ghlam", [archive] ParisMatch.com,1 May 2015
4. ↑ AFP, "Attack" avoided "Ghlam Sid Ahmed, a student attracted by jihad," Liberation,April 22, 2015 (Read online) [archive] .
5. ↑ Benjamin Hue, "Attack foiled in Paris: that is Ghlam Sid Ahmed, the Islamist arrested Sunday?" Rtl.fr, April 22, 2015 (Read online) [archive] .
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