SADAT member detained in Paris in connection with attack on Kurdish association
The assailant presented himself as a former member of SADAT, a parastatal mercenary group in Turkey.
On 3 March, a man of Turkish nationality attacked the Kurdish centre in Paris.
French journalist Guillaume Perrier said in a Twitter message that, “the suspect, who presented himself as a former SADAT mercenary, was taken into custody in Paris.”
Breaking. Le suspect qui se présentait comme un ancien mercenaire de SADAT a été placé en garde à vue à Paris. https://t.co/4PZZG5VGr1
— Guillaume Perrier (@GuillaumPerrier) May 11, 2023
The attack came after a deadly attack that killed three Kurds in the French capital on 23 December, 2022.
As a private military company in Turkey, SADAT was created by 23 retired officers and non-commissioned officers from various units of the Turkish army and is led by retired Brigadier General Adnan Tanrıverdi. The parastatal Turkish mercenary group is best known for its assistance to mercenary groups such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda against Kurds in Rojava, but has recently begun to expand its operations in Turkey as well. This illegal non-paramilitary organization structure, funded by the presidential budget, killed thousands of people in Sur, Cizre, and Nusaybin by deploying the Chechen mercenary herd of ISIS in order to repress the legitimate battle of Kurds in self-government announcements in Kurdish districts.
