“‘Petitjean had no trouble getting through a police investigation and psychological evaluation” to get the airport job. And no one would have dared try to ascertain whether or not he had jihadi sentiments; that would have been “Islamophobic.”
“ISIS church-attacker worked at a French airport as a baggage handler three months before priest murder and got through police checks ‘easily’ to secure the job,” by Peter Allen, MailOnline, July 29, 2016:
A French ISIS fanatic who ended up murdering a Catholic priest got through a police investigation to become an airport baggage handler ‘easily’, it emerged today.
Abdelmalik Petitjean and Adel Kermiche, both 19, were both on terrorist watchlists when they slit Father Jacques Hamel’s throat in Normandy on Tuesday.
Now it has emerged that Petitjean worked full time at Chambery airport, which is used by more than 250,000 passengers a year including many from Britain, until just three months ago….
Meanwhile, a Syrian refugee staying at a French centre for asylum seekers was this morning taken in for questioning in connection with a deadly jihadist attack on a church, a source revealed.
The arrest, which took place in central France yesteday [sic], raises to three the number of people currently being held as part of the investigation into Tuesday’s murder.
Last night it emerged that Petitjean started as a porter at Chambery Airport in December after completing his Baccalaureate at the Marlioz high school in nearby Aix-les-Bains, where he lived.
There have been numerous security scares at French airports over the years, and all employers are now meant to undergo stringent tests.
‘Petitjean had no trouble getting through a police investigation and psychological evaluation,’ said a source close to the ongoing investigation into his crimes.
‘He was considered to be a hardworking, friendly young man who did not pose any danger to passengers or others using the airport. He got through the police investigation easily. ’
Petitjean left the airport in April, and in June was caught by Turkish intelligence services as he tried to get into the Isis caliphate in Syria.
Last Friday there was a warning that Petitjean was back in France and ready to strike, but by this time it was too late for police in his homeland to catch him before he milled [sic] Father Jacques….