Overview

• Four suspects, aged 40 to 57, have been indicted in Paris for kidnapping and sequestration tied to a terrorist enterprise.
• The victim, Algerian dissident Amir Boukhors, was abducted near his Val-de-Marne home by fake police on April 29, 2024, and released two days later in a forest.
• The suspects, described as known offenders, are believed to have been used as executors without fully understanding the political stakes of their actions.
• French domestic intelligence and anti-terror prosecutors are investigating potential links to the Algerian state, with a former diplomat reportedly implicated and still at large.
• The case highlights tensions between France and Algeria over state-sponsored activities and the challenges of addressing foreign intelligence operations on French soil.