The departmental council of Morbihan, guardian of the three children of the jihadist Emilie König, imprisoned in France, has filed a complaint against the latter for psychological and physical violence that her children say they have suffered, the department’s lawyer learned on Tuesday.
The children were remarkably “Witnesses at the site of atrocities”as scenes of beheading or slaughter, announced to the Agence France-Presse (AFP) Mmy Jean-Guillaume Le Mintier, confirming the daily information The Parisian. According to the lawyer, the oldest “He confided to his social worker that his mother taught him to cut off heads and [à] throw grenades ». The complaint is being processed, confirmed the National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT).
Emilie König, 39 years old and currently imprisoned in Rennes, left for Syria in 2012. She is accused of having played a role as a recruiter for the Islamic State (IS) organization. Captured by Kurdish forces in 2017, this daughter of a Lorient gendarme was repatriated to France in July 2022 and charged with criminal terrorist association. Their three children, a boy who is now 9 years old and twin girls who are 7, were born in Syria. They were repatriated from the Iraq-Syria war zone in January 2021 and placed under the supervision of the Morbihan department.
“Major problems”
“As soon as they arrived on French territory, the children provided information about their traumatic history” to the specialists who treated them, according to the complaint sent to the PNAT on September 19, which AFP was able to consult. “When they arrived in France, the children thought that knives were only useful for cutting off heads” AND “They say they saw the throat being cut on television”we can read there. “Educational services have observed that children have developed significant problems. »
Already in May 2023, the Morbihan departmental council had submitted a report to the courts on the “physical and psychological violence” inflicted by his mother and also “scary scenes” which they had attended.
“We consider that the reparation and reconstruction of these children inevitably requires the recognition of their status as victims”insists M.my The Mintier. Otherwise, “The risk is the trivialization of what they saw. By suing their mother for the atrocities they witnessed, they will integrate what we call social norms, in short, they will differentiate between good and bad.explains.
“What would be stated” for the children “does not correspond in any way to the status of the file” that the investigating judges are investigating and the latter, until now, have not “reproach on this point” to the accused, assured his lawyer, Emmanuel Daoud. “I don’t know under what conditions the children’s words were collected. From the beginning M.me König really fought to protect his children, so that they would have good physical and psychological health. “She is the embodiment of maternal courage.”he insisted.
