Convicted Jihadist Stripped of French Citizenship After Prison Attack

"By decree dated August 5, 2024, on the favorable opinion of the Council of State, Mr. Bilal TAGHI is deprived of French nationality," indicates a decree published on Wednesday in the Official Journal. The 32-year-old man, affiliated with Daesh, had tried to assassinate with a homemade knife two guards at the Osny prison where he was serving a five-year sentence.

Of Moroccan origin, Bilal Taghi, 24 years old at the time of the facts, had immediately recognized the facts and threatened that he would not hesitate to do it again if the opportunity arose. During his trial, he had claimed to have repented and renounced the ideology of the Islamic State.

After this attack at the heart of the Osny prison, the French authorities reviewed the method of managing radicalized inmates in prison, setting up "radicalization assessment quarters" (QER). The country currently has six of them.