William Molinié 6:08 p.m., March 25, 2024, modified at 6:13 p.m., March 25, 2024
Traveling to Saint-Lazare station, Gabriel Attal announced that 45 attacks had been foiled since 2017, including two since the start of the year, without specifying their details. According to information from Europe 1, during the first foiled attack, a 23-year-old man was arrested at the beginning of January.
Gabriel Attal announced that 45 attacks had been foiled since 2017, including two since the start of the year, without however, for "secret-defense" reasons, specifying the contours of these projects. According to the Interior Ministry, an attack was foiled on March 5. It was a 62-year-old man who had planned violent action against churches. The affair was reported by
Le Parisien
.
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The suspect suspected of “preparing violent action”
Europe 1 is able to reveal the outlines of the first foiled attack of 2024. The arrest took place on January 10 in Marseille in Bouches-du-Rhône. A 23-year-old man, suspected of "preparing violent action", was arrested by the DGSI. French counterterrorism suspects this individual, "very radicalized" according to an intelligence source, of having wanted to commit an attack against "Jewish targets" or a nightclub of the "LGBT community" with a firearm.
The young suspect, originally from the city of Marseille, was a regular consumer of ISIS propaganda videos. During his interrogations during the 96 hours in police custody, he claimed to belong to this organization. Furthermore, according to an intelligence source, he had subscribed to several conspiracy theories and was fascinated by firearms. He was indicted for terrorist conspiracy and placed in pre-trial detention.