US EditionTwo brothers arrested in France over ‘deadly and antisemitic’ plot: Anti-terror prosecutors
Brothers aged 20 and 22 planned an ISIS-inspired antisemitic attack after failed attempts to join jihad abroad, police found weapons and explosives in their vehicle.
- 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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Two brothers in France held over suspected deadly ISIS-inspired antisemitic attack plan
The suspects were arrested last Tuesday after police found a semi-automatic firearm, a bottle of acid and an ISIS flag in their car during a roadside police stop near a prison in northern France.
Two brothers arrested in France for ‘antisemitic terror’ plan
One of the suspects made a video earlier this month pledging allegiance to ISIS, according to the report. By JNS A 22-year-old engineering student and his 20-year-old brother have been arrested in France over a “deadly and antisemitic” plot, prosecutors said on Sunday. French authorities last week arrested the two, who have dual Moroccan and Italian citizenship, on suspicion of planning antisemitic terrorist attacks, French media reported on Sun…
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.
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