The three men and women detained since Thursday evening following clashes during a concert by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra at the Philharmonie de Paris were handed over this Sunday, November 9 to an investigating judge with a view to their arraignment. “All four defendants have been charged and placed under judicial supervision”said the public prosecutor, Sunday
The judge was arrested for various offenses: destruction of other people’s property in a way that is harmful to people, endangering other people, possession of incendiary products without a valid reason and prohibited by prefectural order, organizing demonstrations on public highways without notification, refusal to submit identification records integrated into the police file by persons suspected of committing a crime, violence with the use or threat of weapons.
The prosecution informed that they had requested the placement under judicial supervision of the accused, with a ban on performing in Paris, in the surrounding areas and in theaters.
On Saturday, a related story was added to the story: late in the afternoon, a pro-Palestinian group gathered to provide support in front of the police station in the 19th arrondissement where the four men were questioned, before being referred to a Paris court, according to police sources.
They soon joined a pro-Israel group and a fight broke out between them. Police officers intervened to separate them and three of them were injured.
Three pro-Israel activists and one pro-Palestinian activist were arrested following the brawl, according to police sources. The first three are “for insult, violence against a person in a position of public authority” and placed in police custody. The pro-Palestinian activist was later arrested after making anti-Semitic statements.
Thursday, during a performance performed by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, ticketed audience members attempted to disrupt the concert, including twice with the use of smoke bombs. The Minister of the Interior, Laurent Nuñez, said so on Thursday“There is no reason that justifies endangering the lives of spectators”.
Meanwhile, the Cité de la musique-Philharmonie de Paris indicated that it had filed a complaint and condemned it “very serious incident” took place in the great Pierre-Boulez concert hall. “Violence has no place in a concert hall”had criticized the Minister of Culture Rachida Dati by emphasizing this “freedom to program and be creative is a basic right of our Republic”.
Renew at 17:35. with the announcement of four indictments.
