US EditionTwo brothers arrested in France over ‘deadly and antisemitic’ plot: Anti-terror prosecutors
The brothers, aged 20 and 22, admitted planning an ISIS-inspired antisemitic attack after radicalization fueled by jihadist propaganda, officials said.
- Police arrested Elyasse H, a 22-year-old engineering student, and Moad H near Longuenesse on March 10, the PNAT said.
- Prosecutors said the brothers had been radicalised over two years and, after concluding they could not travel to Syria or Palestine, developed a 'martyrdom' plan in recent weeks in France.
- Police discovered a loaded semi-automatic handgun , hydrochloric acid, aluminium, an ISIS flag, encrypted messaging services about sourcing weapons, and a March 7 video pledging allegiance to ISIS.
- On March 15, authorities opened an investigation into criminal conspiracy and weapons possession, and prosecutors requested the two brothers be placed in pre-trial detention, the national counterterrorism prosecutor's office said.
- Investigators found more than €7,000, their mother attempted to conceal an 8 mm handgun, and officials noted drone use involving a minor, amid heightened security, PNAT said.
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The French anti-terrorist prosecutors opened an investigation against two suspected brothers that they would have launched a “death and anti-semit” attack. The two Moroccan-Italian citizens aged 20 and 22 - were detained last week in a car in northern France, reports BBC.
2 brothers placed under investigation in France for planning antisemitic attack
Two young men have been placed under formal investigation in France for planning a “deadly and antisemitic” attack, the counterterrorism prosecutor's office (PNAT) said in a statement on Sunday.
2 brothers jailed in France over ISIS-linked antisemitic plot
Two brothers have been jailed in France after prosecutors said they were preparing a deadly and antisemitic ISIS-inspired terror attack, according to officials. The suspects, ages 20 and 22, were arrested Tuesday in a parked car near a prison in Longuenesse, in northern France, according to Le Monde, citing prosecutors. Police found a loaded semi-automatic handgun with 9 mm ammunition, a bottle of hydrochloric acid, aluminum and an ISIS flag ins…
Gun, Islamic State flag found in car of two brothers arrested in France over antisemitic attack plot
French prosecutors say the suspects, ages 22 and 20, were detained in northern France with a loaded handgun, explosive materials and an ISIS flag after allegedly planning an antisemitic attack following exposure to jihadist propaganda.
Two brothers placed under investigation in France for planning antisemitic attack
Two young men have been placed under formal investigation in France for planning a "deadly and antisemitic" attack, the counterterrorism prosecutor's office (PNAT) said in a statement on Sunday.
Arrested on Tuesday near the prison in Longunesse (Pas-de-Calais) with a weapon, chemicals that can be used for the manufacture of explosives and a flag of the Islamic State group, the two young men of 20 years old and 22 years old recognized in custody "nourish in recent weeks" a plan of violent attack.
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