Global InformationSid Ahmed Ghlam case information
The Sid Ahmed Ghlam case (French: Affaire Sid Ahmed Ghlam) concerns the April 2015 murder of Aurélie Châtelain and planning of an Islamic terrorist attack against a church in Villejuif, France, by an Algerian national, Sid Ahmed Ghlam.[1] In November 2020, he was sentenced to life in prison by a Paris court.[2] This sentence was upheld on appeal in October 2021.[3]
Ghlam had made journeys to Syria in October 2014 and February 2015. There, on at least one occasion he had met Abdelhamid Abaaoud, one of the terrorists who perpetrated the November 2015 Paris attacks.[4]
- ^ "Sid Ahmed Ghlam, le parcours accompli d'un terroriste". Le Figaro (in French). 7 October 2020.
- ^ Botelho, Greg (24 April 2015). "Faith turns Christians into terrorist targets". CNN. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- Breeden, Aurelien (23 April 2015). "Student Arrested on Suspicion of Planning Attack in France". The New York Times.
- "Meurtre d'Aurélie Châtelain : Sid Ahmed Ghlam condamné à la réclusion à perpétuité". Le Monde (in French). 6 November 2020. - ^ "Terrorisme : perpétuité confirmée en appel pour Sid-Ahmed Ghlam, absent à l'audience". Le Figaro (in French). 28 October 2021.
- ^ "Malgré « quelques évolutions », Sid Ahmed Ghlam nie toujours le meurtre d'Aurélie Chatelain". La Voix du Nord (in French). 23 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.