Avignon:
A mother on trial in southern France has defended herself for dressing her three-year-old son in a T-shirt reading "I am a bomb" and "Born on September 11."
Bouchra Bagour, 35, is on trial in Avignon on charges of defending terrorism after sending her boy, named Jihad, to school wearing the T-shirt.
A ruling in the case is expected on April 10.
On Wednesday Bagour told the court she admitted the move was "tactless" but insisted it was not meant as a provocation.
She said she simply wanted to make note of her son's birthday on September 11 and did not intend to reference the 9/11 attacks in the United States in 2001.
Her brother Zeyad Bagour, who is also facing charges for having bought Jihad the T-shirt, told the court: "We were never trying to claim responsibility for this thing or defend a cause."
Prosecutors said there was no doubt at the meaning of the T-shirt.
"Who can claim that this is not a direct and scandalous reference to terrorism?" prosecutor Olivier Couvignon told the court.
The two face up to five years in prison and fines of up to 45,000 euros each.
Bouchra Bagour, 35, is on trial in Avignon on charges of defending terrorism after sending her boy, named Jihad, to school wearing the T-shirt.
A ruling in the case is expected on April 10.
On Wednesday Bagour told the court she admitted the move was "tactless" but insisted it was not meant as a provocation.
She said she simply wanted to make note of her son's birthday on September 11 and did not intend to reference the 9/11 attacks in the United States in 2001.
Her brother Zeyad Bagour, who is also facing charges for having bought Jihad the T-shirt, told the court: "We were never trying to claim responsibility for this thing or defend a cause."
Prosecutors said there was no doubt at the meaning of the T-shirt.
"Who can claim that this is not a direct and scandalous reference to terrorism?" prosecutor Olivier Couvignon told the court.
The two face up to five years in prison and fines of up to 45,000 euros each.
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