
French airforce sergeant who planned to shoot Muslims has case dismissed
French airforce sergeant who planned to shoot Muslims has case dismissed The Collectif contre l’Islamophobie en France draws our attention to reports that Christophe Lavigne, a sergeant in the French airforce with far-right links, will not now be prosecuted. Lavigne was arrested last August and charged with planning an armed attack on worshippers at the Al Forqane mosque in the Lyon suburb of Vénissieux to coincide with the end of Ramadan. Judges had already dismissed the charge against Lavigne of possessing ammunition in connection with a terrorist enterprise, on the grounds that the bullets were of a grade permitted for collectors of historical weapons and so … Continue reading French airforce sergeant who planned to shoot Muslims has case dismissed