The widow of one of the Bataclan attackers was repatriated to France in July

Samy Amimour’s wife is part of a group of sixteen women repatriated this summer. She was remanded in custody. Article written by Published on 09/14/2022 11:08 Updated on 09/14/2022 12:24 Reading time: 1 min. The widow of Samy Amimour, one of the three Bataclan attackers in November 2015, Kahina El H., is one of the sixteen women repatriated from Syria to France in July, franceinfo learned from sources familiar with the matter on Wednesday, confirming information from RMC. All these women had been indicted in Paris in July and placed in pre-trial detention. Kahina El H., who was born in January 1997, left for Syria in October 2014, two months before the Charlie Hebdo and Hyper Cacher attacks and a year before those of November 13. According to the final order of March 2020 referring the protagonists of these attacks to the special assize court, she very quickly married Samy Amimour once in Syria. In December 2014, Kahina El H. sent a video to Samy Amimour’s sister in which she “threatened to come to France to slaughter the unbelievers”, according to the order. Later, she appeared in a photo with a Kalashnikov. During 2015, she also threatened to kill one of her former friends who had stopped wearing the veil. Also according to this order, Kahina El H. had sent an email to an acquaintance three days after the November 2015 attacks to inform him that her husband was Samy Amimour. In an email dated November 18, 2015, she had written to him: “I was aware from the start and I encouraged my husband to leave to terrorize the French people. (…) I envy my husband so much, I would have so much loved being with him for me [faire exploser] too ! (…) I am so proud of my husband and of praising his merit.” In early July, France brought back 35 minors and 16 mothers, the first massive repatriation since the fall in 2019 of the self-proclaimed caliphate of the Islamic State group, then that so far, France favored “case by case” and had only repatriated children Share: Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share by mail Share the link