France: the new faces of the terrorist threat

Many bouquets of flowers were placed in front of the facade of the college of Bois d'Aulne, in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, Saturday, October 17.

REUTERS / Charles Platiau

By: Romain Auzouy

1 min

Three days after the assassination of a teacher in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine near Paris, the profile of the assailant killed shortly after by the police begins to emerge.

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The 18-year-old man was from Russia, and had refugee status.

He acted alone, like a month and a half earlier the assailant who had seriously injured two people in front of the former premises of the Charlie Hebdo newspaper.

The parallels between the two attacks but also others previously are numerous.

What do they say about the jihadist threat in France today?

Guest:

, political scientist specializing in the Arab world and jihadism, co-founder of the Candid foundation in Berlin

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