Francois Hollande Confirms Two Frenchmen in IsIS Video
21 Nov 2014 4:32 AM IST
President Francois Hollande on Wednesday confirmed that two Frenchmen had been identified as suspects in an Islamic State video showing the beheading of Syrian prisoners, while slamming ‘brainwashing’ of the young.The men are seen in the brutal clip released by the IS group on Sunday which features the killing of 18 Syrian prisoners and a US aid worker.’All we can say for now is that there were two French people,’ Hollande told a press conference in Canberra alongside Australian leader Tony Abbott.
‘One has been categorically identified and the other one is in the process of being identified.’ French prosecutors have confirmed the first was 22-year-old Maxime Hauchard from Normandy in northern France but the identity of what they said was a possible second Frenchman was not given.Hollande said it was not clear exactly what role the men played in the beheadings and that ‘the judicial system will have to establish this’.
‘One has been categorically identified and the other one is in the process of being identified.’ French prosecutors have confirmed the first was 22-year-old Maxime Hauchard from Normandy in northern France but the identity of what they said was a possible second Frenchman was not given.Hollande said it was not clear exactly what role the men played in the beheadings and that ‘the judicial system will have to establish this’.
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