{"id":244766,"date":"2025-07-07T08:08:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T08:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/244766\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T08:08:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T08:08:23","slug":"man-faces-frances-1st-ever-incel-case-for-alleged-plot-to-attack-women-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/244766\/","title":{"rendered":"Man faces France\u2019s 1st-ever \u2018incel\u2019 case for alleged plot to attack women &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>An 18-year-old <a href=\"http:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/france\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">French<\/a> man who claimed affiliation with the misogynist \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/incel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incel<\/a>\u201d (involuntary celibate) movement has been arrested and placed under formal investigation on suspicion of planning attacks targeting women,\u00a0France\u2019s National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor\u2019s Office (PNAT) said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This is the first time PNAT has taken on a case linked to the \u201cincel\u201d movement, an online network of men motivated to engage in violence against women who they believe unjustly reject their sexual or romantic advances.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the PNAT had confirmed it had opened a judicial investigation \u201cagainst a young man aged 18, claiming to be a member of the incel movement,\u201d adding he was being investigated for \u201cassociating with terrorist criminals to prepare one or more crimes against people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11277217\/return-to-office-canadian-options-work-from-home\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1751875703_800_5d369d8b76906c1b15a45e675bbd28254b7ad80be7f3339ef65f69335f164647.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tWhat 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