Trial of a Frenchman accused of attempted ritual sacrifice in Morocco

Suspected of having attempted to murder his 5-year-old child in the Sahara, in Morocco, a 40-year-old Frenchman is on trial before the investigating chamber of the Bordeaux Court of Appeal. The verdict is expected on January 21, 2025.

Last December, a couple from Girondins – two music teachers – were arrested in the port of Algeciras by the Civil Guard as they were preparing to board a ferry to Morocco with the aim of sacrificing their life. child “possessed” in the Sahara Desert “on Christmas Day so that he would be resurrected like Jesus”. The couple’s arrest followed an investigation opened by the Bordeaux public prosecutor’s office on December 19, after a “call from an applicant worried about the 5-year-old son of a couple of friends”, as well as the issuance of a European arrest warrant against him. After their arrest, the parents were extradited to France. They were then incarcerated. They would suffer from “psychiatric problems”, according to the Civil Guard.