{"id":403992,"date":"2025-09-07T01:01:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T01:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/403992\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T01:01:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T01:01:21","slug":"teen-held-in-france-suspected-of-plotting-attacks-including-on-israeli-embassy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/403992\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen held in France suspected of plotting attacks, including on Israeli embassy"},"content":{"rendered":"

PARIS \u2014 French authorities have detained a 17-year-old on suspicion of plotting attacks against embassies or official buildings, sources close to the investigation told AFP on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The teen was formally put under investigation and locked up on Friday, they said, confirming information first given by Le Parisien daily.<\/p>\n

He was arrested on Monday at his parents\u2019 home, where he lived, in the western Sarthe region, and suffered light injuries as he tried to escape police.<\/p>\n

One of the sources said a search of the home found a pledge of allegiance to the Islamic State terror group and a list of schools in Le Mans, Sarthe\u2019s main city.<\/p>\n

Alongside the list was written a quantity of liters, thought to possibly refer to ingredients for incendiary devices or chemical explosives.<\/p>\n

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The 17-year-old was also suspected of targeting the embassies of Israel, Britain, and the United States, as well as the French interior ministry and various media headquarters, all located in Paris, as well as the European Parliament in Strasbourg.<\/p>\n

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European Parliament members attend the last session before the upcoming European elections, Thursday April 25, 2024 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo\/Jean-Francois Badias)<\/p>\n

France\u2019s national anti-terrorist prosecutors\u2019 office refused to comment on the individual to AFP. The teenager\u2019s lawyer also declined to respond.<\/p>\n

One of the sources speaking to AFP said the teenager was understood to have confessed to plotting many of the alleged crimes.<\/p>\n

He allegedly said he was determined to carry out his plans, but that nothing operational had yet been done because they were large-scale attacks, the source said.<\/p>\n

French anti-terrorist authorities have increased warnings over the past two years about minors becoming involved in radical plots.<\/p>\n

The anti-terrorist prosecutors\u2019 office in April told AFP that it counted 15 such cases in 2023, 18 in 2024, and 11 for the first half of 2025.<\/p>\n

With the latest case, the total so far for this year has risen to at least 14 minors implicated in such cases.<\/p>\n


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