US EditionTeen Held in France Suspected of Plotting Attacks on Embassies, Government Buildings
- French authorities apprehended a 17-year-old at his family home in Sarthe on September 1, suspecting him of planning assaults targeting diplomatic missions and government facilities.
- The detention followed an investigation revealing plans for large-scale attacks targeting embassies in Paris and the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
- Authorities discovered materials at the teenager’s residence, including a declaration of loyalty to the Islamic State, a catalog of educational institutions in Le Mans, and substances that may have been intended for making explosives. The 17-year-old admitted to planning multiple criminal acts.
- The teen expressed a firm intention to proceed with his plans, although authorities observed that no concrete actions had been taken due to the complexity of the attacks.
- The teenager was officially placed under investigation and detained on September 5, as the number of minors involved in radical plots this year has risen to at least 14.
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A 17-year-old minor was charged and imprisoned on Friday, 5 September, suspecting that he had planned a Jihadist attack against the ambassadors, official buildings or public buildings in Sarthe, where he reported AFP, taken from the daily Liberation. At AFP's request, the National Anti-Terrorist Park (Pnat) refused to comment on the information.
The young man, domiciled in the Sarthe, allegedly envisaged violent actions against official buildings and embassies A 17-year-old minor was charged and imprisoned on Friday, 5 September,
A 17-year-old was arrested in Le Mans, Sarthe, by the DGSI as part of an anti-terrorist operation. The teenager is suspected of having prepared large-scale jihadist actions in France.
A 17-year-old boy was arrested in Sarthe and held in police custody by the DGSI, suspected of having prepared several "large-scale" jihadist attacks on behalf of the Islamic State organization, reveals Le Parisien, on 5 September. The French minor had planned to strike Parisian institutions before targeting schools in his department. He was to be presented this Friday to an anti-terrorist judge with a view to an indictment. A preliminary investi…
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