News
2007-02-08
Martinique man
charged with incitement of murder for allegedly writing
antigay blog
A French man
accused of advocating the killing of gay people on a Web log
has been charg
A French man
accused of advocating the killing of gay people on a Web log
has been charged with incitement of murder in the Caribbean
island of Martinique, a prosecutor said. The suspect,
identified only as a 38-year-old man from
Fort-de-France, surrendered to authorities Friday in
Martinique and was held in jail for two days before being
released, prosecutor Claude Bellanger said Monday.
Bellanger said the man told investigators that
he created the blog, which called for ''death to
[homosexuals]…death without exception," while
on vacation in the U.S. city of Atlanta. The Web page also
called for the killing of certain media personalities
and government officials whom it alleged to be gay.
After learning about the blog, authorities in
Martinique contacted the Atlanta police. An
investigation in the United States led to his identification.
If convicted, he faces up to five years in
prison and a $58,200 fine. No court date has been set
for the case.
Martinique, a French island in the southeast
Caribbean, is home to 436,000 people. (Herve Brival,
AP)
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