France: Woman converts to Islam, is placed on terror watch list, plots to murder her ex-husband

So many converts to Islam get involved in violence and terrorism, while converts to Christianity and other religions hardly ever do. Yet the official dogma is that all religions are equally likely to incite believers to violence, and that remains an iron dogma, beyond all questioning.

“INFO ACTU17. Paris: Investigation into an assassination plan, two suspects arrested,” translated from “INFO ACTU17. Paris : Enquête sur un projet d’assassinat, deux suspects interpellés,” Actu17, December 31, 2023 (thanks to Medforth):

A 44-year-old man, suspected of preparing an assassination at the request of his girlfriend, targeting the latter’s ex-husband, was arrested this Friday afternoon in Bondy (Seine-Saint-Denis) before being placed in police custody in the premises of the criminal brigade of the Paris judicial police, according to information from Actu17. Investigators suspect the two suspects, known for their radicalization, of having planned to implement their project in the coming days.

In this case, a preliminary investigation was opened on December 7 by the Specialized Interregional Jurisdiction (JIRS) of Paris, after obtaining information suggesting this criminal project. Investigators learned that Estelle*, a 41-year-old woman living in Hauts-de-Seine, converted to Islam and on S file, was in conflict with her 34-year-old ex-husband, particularly regarding their four children in her care.

In recent weeks, the mother has reportedly mentioned her resentment and her wish to eliminate her ex-partner, to Hamid*, her new boyfriend, a 44-year-old former Thai boxing champion. Long discussions between the couple led to an assassination plan, while a court decision concerning the custody of the children of Estelle and her ex-spouse must take place at the beginning of 2024. Hamid knows the former husband and had a “conflictual” relationship with him, “against a background of rivalry,” emphasizes a source close to the matter. Estelle, for her part, is suspected of having “motivated” her boyfriend to commit this assassination, which they had carefully prepared.

Investigators carried out physical and technical surveillance in order to obtain concrete information on this bloody project. They found that Hamid, who lives in the United Kingdom, was in Paris this week, and that he had also come to visit his girlfriend around ten days ago. Subsequently, the police were convinced that the couple had planned an act during the end-of-year holiday period. This is how they spotted Hamid in Bondy, not far from the ex-husband’s home. The former top athlete was immediately arrested. “He had no weapon on him,” specifies the same source. “But he was not there by chance and his attitude, discreet and cautious, left the police in no doubt.”

Still according to information from Actu17, this preliminary investigation was opened on charges of “participation in a criminal association with a view to the commission of an organized crime.” Within this legal framework, Hamid’s police custody can last up to 96 hours. Estelle would also have been placed in police custody in the premises of the judicial police. The continuation of the investigations should make it possible to determine whether the two suspects had indeed planned to commit this assassination at the end of the year, but also to shed light on their mode of operation and whether any accomplices could have been associated with this murderous plan.

When contacted, the Paris public prosecutor’s office did not respond.

*first names have been changed