Agents with France’s General Directorate of Internal Security arrested an Egyptian man allegedly plotting a terrorist attack on the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. The suspect, a man in his early 60s, is associated with the Islamic State, was arrested on March 5, per French media reports.
Le Parisien reported the suspect allegedly planned violent acts against Christian buildings and was seen visiting Catholic community locations multiple times. He was indicted on the charge of “criminal terrorist association” and put in pre-trial detention on March 8, French outlet Le Journal du Dimanche reported Saturday.
According to the Daily Mail French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told broadcaster France 2 last week “We have never foiled so many attacks in France.”
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for last week’s concert attack in a Moscow suburb that killed more than 140 people, after which, France raised its national security alert to the highest possible level of emergency. “Tensions are also heightened as Paris plans on hosting the Summer Olympics later this year” writes Just the News.
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