Project of attack in the south of France: the suspect indicted and imprisoned
After an aborted jihadist attack attempt last weekend in Béziers in the south of France, the main suspect has been indicted.
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Five months after the jihadist attack on the basilica of Nice, the anti-terrorism claims to have foiled a plan of action against a church in the Hérault: the suspect, a young woman of 18 years from Béziers, was indicted and incarcerated Thursday April 8.
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Barely 18 years old and determined to organize an attack.
The young woman threatened to attack a church on the occasion of the Easter holidays last weekend, but she was arrested on the night of April 3 to 4 with her mother and her three sisters.
Out of school for two years, and unknown to the intelligence services, she wanted to "
take revenge against the Republic and its institutions
", according to a source familiar with the matter.
Several items found during the search
According to the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office, investigators found several elements implicating her during the search of her home: products to make explosives, two potential improvised explosive devices being assembled, as well as jihadist documentation.
They also got their hands on "
a printed photograph of the beheading of
Samuel Paty
" as well as a notebook containing a diagram of a church located near the suspect's home and a handwritten recipe for making it. explosives.
After a preliminary investigation and a four-day police custody, she was therefore presented to an examining magistrate who therefore indicted her, in particular for "terrorist association".
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