Forty terrorism convicts to be released soon, French prosecutor says

Francois Molins said the re-entry of the unrepentant ones into society poses a 'major risk'

FILE - In this Saturday, May 12, 2018 file photo, the Paris prosecutor Francois Molins delivers a speech in central Paris. Molins says about 40 convicted terrorists are due to be released from French prisons this year and next, calling the entry back into society of the unrepentant ones a â€œmajor risk.â€ Molins said on BFM television Monday, May 28, 2018 that France still faces a significant threat from homegrown supporters of the struggling Islamic State group. Molins estimated that 600 to 700 French extremists are unaccounted for in Iraq and Syria, though many have probably been killed. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Paris prosecutor Francois Molins delivers a speech in central Paris on May 12, 2018. Thibault Camus / AP

May 29, 2018

About 40 convicted terrorists will be released from French prisons this year and next, said France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor.

Francois Molins said on BFM television on Monday that the re-entry of the unrepentant ones into society poses a “major risk”.

France still faces a significant threat from home-grown supporters of the extremist group, ISIS, he added.

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Mr Molins also said that 600 to 700 French extremists are unaccounted for in Iraq and Syria claimed by ISIS, although many have probably been killed. He added that authorities believe some of the organisers of the November 2015 attacks in Paris are among the dead in the Middle East.

Mr Molins said the investigation of the simultaneous attacks at the Bataclan concert hall, Paris cafes and the national stadium that killed 130 people should conclude next year.