Seven months after the terrorist attack in Trèbes and Carcassonne, a police operation took place on Tuesday morning. Six individuals were taken into police custody today following a letter of request from the investigating judges, a judicial source has confirmed to our colleagues at L'Express.
The anti-terrorist operation took place very early on Tuesday morning in the Aude, against the difficult backdrop of a department ravaged by flooding.
Raids in Toulouse
Operations by officers from the Anti-Terrorism Sub-Directorate (SDAT) took place at several locations, including Trèbes, the town where, on 23 March, Radouane Lakdim, aged 25, killed the butcher and a customer at the Super U supermarket, before shooting dead Gendarmerie Lieutenant-Colonel Arnaud Beltrame. Shortly before that, in Carcassonne, he had shot a motorist before stealing his car at the start of his killing spree.
Furthermore, according to the same source, searches and voluntary interviews were also carried out on Tuesday morning in Toulouse, a police source has stated.