Subject to appeal from the federal prosecution, which had requested 7 years in prison, Abdul-Kerim, detained preventively for more than a year, should quickly leave the prison.
The tribulations of a radicalized Chechen between real life and social networks
The alert had been given by state security on March 1, 2024: minors projected an attack against the botany performance hall in Brussels. The federal prosecutor’s office had not hesitated: two days later, three minors were arrested. In a related folder, four other young people were arrested on the same day. They were three minors and a young man of barely 18 years old.
The file is emblematic of the terrorist threat. A third of those who foment attacks are under the age of 18.
These were two emblematic files of the terrorist threat to which our country faces. Between 2022 and 2024, almost a third of people who fomented attacks of attacks were under 18 years old.
The botanical file is always in instruction in Ghent. Only the adult of the related folder was returned to correctional in Brussels.
A difficult course
Abdul-Kerim G. experienced a complex journey. Born in Chechnya, he arrived in France in 2012 with his father, who was expelled in 2021 to Russia, because Paris considered it a “serious threat to state security “.
In Belgium, Abdul-Kerim has established himself with his heart with his mother-in-law and the children of the latter. In October 2023, he began his schooling in Namur, but he was completely isolated, being “H24 on my phone “. Three months later, he was returned so much – obsessed with Islam, given his incessant jihadist soliciting and his continuous remarks on the outfits of young girls – he was feared.
When criminals improvise “sheriffs” and come to reinforce the police, who loses control
On his encrypted social networks or couriers, there was a question of purchasing weapons, projects of attacks. Abdul-Kerim had nodded by a “Why not ?”when asked if he would participate in an attack.
“I got on a train and it was difficult to go down. The train stopped, but the doors did not open. The only ones who managed to get me down are the police.” He had explained.
