The worst has, perhaps, been avoided.
Four people born in Russia, three minors and an adult, were arrested Wednesday morning in the Bas-Rhin as part of an anti-terrorism investigation, suspected of having prepared a violent action.
These four people were arrested at dawn by police officers from the DGSI (internal intelligence), as part of a preliminary investigation by the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office (Pnat) for criminal terrorist association, said a judicial source, confirming information from France Télévisions.
16 to 18 years old
Three of these four men were arrested in Strasbourg, the fourth on the outskirts of this city, said a source close to the investigation.
All are "suspected of having prepared a draft violent action", and "digital media" were seized in search, further indicated the judicial source.
These four people, all born in the Russian Caucasus, are 16, 17 and 18 years old.
At least three are of Chechen origin.
For several months, after the assassination in mid-October of Professor Samuel Paty by a young Chechen refugee, Abdoullakh Anzorov, the French authorities have focused on the Chechens in France, by accelerating the expulsion procedures of those who are suspected. radicalization.
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