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who described the suspects as "an anarcho-autonomist cell" and Coupat as its leader. A judge first ordered Coupat's release on
December 19, 2008, but the judicial services immediately appealed, using a highly unusual procedure. The French police said he was part of the Invisible Committee of the book
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raided the Tarnac farm and arrested nine residents in connection with the sabotage. Four of the nine were released on
November 15, under conditions. A further three were released on December 2, and the last but one, LĂ©vy, on January 16, 2009. Coupat remained in jail until May 28, 2009, when he was
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department, by their account for a sex session in the vehicle. Their car was parked near a train line in one of the locations where iron hooks were left dangling from the overhead lines that night, paralysing the high-speed
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