Twenty members of the network were tried by a special anti-terror tribunal in Paris in 2017 . Of the twenty , ten were in prison , seven on conditional release , and three others at large , with two thought to be in Syria . The cell was accused of plotting attacks against both military and civilian targets , and of seeking to join jihadists in Syria . During the trial , the cell was described as " the missing link " between Mohammed Merah , the perpetrator of the March 2012 Toulouse and Montauban shootings , and the Brussels ISIL terror cell responsible for the November 2015 Paris attacks
Toulouse and Montauban shootings
Toulouse and Montauban shootings
Cannes-Torcy cell