 General director of the National Police Frédéric Péchenard stated in November 2009 that Hicheur planned to attack a base of the National Defence in Annecy, which harbours the 27ème bataillon de chasseurs alpins, involved in Afghanistan.Hicheur's trial started on March 29, 2012, in Paris.In May 2012 Hicheur was sentenced to "five years in prison for plotting terrorist attacks."