Terrorism: Suspected of Being a Daesh Executioner, a Former French Jihadist Tried in Paris
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Othman Garrido admits to being present at the execution of two Iranians in 2015, but denies beheading a third victim
Othman Garrido, from Montpellier, spent eight years in Syria and Iraq, before being expelled by Turkey to France in 2020. He appeared until 21 September in front of the special court for murders in connection with a terrorist company.
The trial before the Paris Special Assize Court will revive the memory of the years of terror sown by Daesh, the Arabic acronym of the Islamic State, in the 2010s over vast territories in Syria and Iraq.
Othman Garrido appeared before the Paris Special Assize Court for murder and murder committed in Syria and Iraq between 2012 and 2020 Photos of decapitated corpses are at the heart of the trial.
The French jihadist Othman Garrido, who went to fight with the Islamic State group and identified as posing on a photo in front of a decapitated corpse, will be tried, from this Monday, in front of the Paris Special Assize Court.
The investigators found that this Montpellierin had participated in the assassination of two Iranian prisoners in 2015 and suspected him of having beheaded a third, unidentified man. He is the second French fighter still alive to be tried, starting on Monday, in Paris, for such acts.
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