France: 15-yo Boy Arrested for Planning ’Imminent’ Paris Attack
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A 15-year-old boy was arrested in Paris suspected of preparing imminent "violent action", two judicial sources said, the second alleged plot with links to Daesh [the Arabic acronym for the terrorist "ISIS" group] discovered in France this week.
Last Sunday, a car loaded with gas cylinders was found near Notre Dame Cathedral and jerry cans of diesel, leading to the discovery of a plot to attack a Paris railway station under the direction of Daesh.
In the process, seven people, including four women, were arrested.
The boy had been under house arrest since France declared a state emergency after Nov. 13 attacks in Paris in which Daesh militants killed 130 people, two sources said on condition of anonymity. They did not say why he was under house arrest.
His arrest on Saturday came as he was planning an attack in a public place in the French capital, one of the sources added.
The second source said the boy had been in contact with suspected French terrorist Rashid Kassim and that Kassim also guided one of the women arrested last week in the plot to attack a train station in Paris.
For its part, French newspaper Le Monde reported that Kassim is in Syria. He has used Telegram, the messaging service, to call for more attacks in France.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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