an Islamist-inspired assault foiled in Saint-Étienne, a Chechen imprisoned | EUROtoday

Published on : 05/31/2024 – 5:51 p.m.Modified : 05/31/2024 – 6:28 p.m.

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This is the third assault foiled for the reason that begin of the yr in France and, based on the Interior Ministry, the “first” towards the Paris Olympics (July 26-August 11).

On May 22, “the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI) arrested an 18-year-old Chechen national suspected of wanting to commit an Islamist-inspired attack on national soil in Saint-Étienne (Loire). “, introduced Place Beauvau on Friday in a press launch.

The suspect was indicted final Sunday as a frontrunner of a terrorist prison affiliation with a view to getting ready crimes towards folks and positioned in pre-trial detention, the nationwide anti-terrorism prosecutor's workplace (Pnat) instructed AFP.

“He is accused of having, in the name of the jihadist ideology of the Islamic State, considered committing violent action, in particular by targeting gatherings of supporters, on the sidelines of sporting events to be held in Saint-Étienne during the Olympic Games,” added the identical supply.

“The first elements demonstrate that he was actively preparing an attack against the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium”, the den of Saint-Etienne soccer, based on the ministry.

According to Beauvau, “he would have liked to attack spectators, but also the police and die a martyr”.

According to the Interior, that is the fiftieth assault foiled by the intelligence providers since 2017.

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Since 2018, a number of terrorism instances, together with three assaults, have concerned jihadists in France from Russian republics within the North Caucasus, primarily from Chechnya.

The Chechen arrested final week was not identified to the intelligence providers, based on a police supply.

The knife assault within the Opera district of the capital in May 2018 by Khamzat Azimov, the assassination within the Paris suburbs of Samuel Paty in October 2020 by Abdoullakh Anzorov and, on October 13, that of Dominique Bernard in Arras (North) by Mohammed Mogouchkov all have in frequent that they had been dedicated by radicalized younger folks from the North Caucasus.

This newest assault, dedicated by a Russian accused of radicalization and concentrating on this trainer, prompted nice emotion in France. It was invoked by the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin to provide a safety increase to his legislation on immigration, adopted firstly of the yr.

Friday, the minister, quoted within the press launch, congratulated the intelligence providers, which “once again demonstrate their full mobilization and their effectiveness in the fight against terrorism” within the run-up to the Olympic Games, a worldwide occasion which would be the topic of a pharaonic safety system.

Several initiatives involving nationals of Caucasian republics have been foiled. This was the case in 2018 with two deliberate assaults towards the gay group in Strasbourg, whereas the brother of Mohammed Mogouchkov is incarcerated for having deliberate an assault towards the Élysée in 2019.

After the Arras assault, Gérald Darmanin known as for a “specialized approach for young men from the Caucasus in the 16-25 age group”.

With AFP