Posts Tagged: France Terrorism
Two Brothers Placed Under Investigation in France for Planning Antisemitic Attack
Two young men have been placed under formal investigation in France for planning a "deadly and antisemitic" attack, the counterterrorism prosecutor's office (PNAT) said in a statement on Sunday. The suspects, a 22-year-old engineering student and an unemployed...
French Authorities Detain Two Minors Suspected of Plotting Terror Attacks on ‘Israeli Targets’
French authorities have launched an investigation into a group suspected of planning attacks and two minors have been charged and placed in pre-trial detention as a result of it,...
French Police Arrest Knife-Wielding Assailant Expressing Support for Hamas on Terrorism Charges
French police arrested on Friday a man on terrorism charges accused of trying to murder a taxi driver with a knife while expressing support for Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, a source at...
French Court Finds Accomplices to Charlie Hebdo Attackers Guilty
A French court on Wednesday convicted 14 people of crimes ranging from financing terrorism to membership of a criminal gang in relation to Islamist attacks...
Jewish Groups Express Horror Over ‘Barbaric’ Knife Attack at French Church
Jewish groups reacted with horror on Thursday to the knife attack at a Catholic church in the southern French city of Nice in which three...
Three Dead as Woman Beheaded in Knife Attack at French Church
A knife-wielding attacker shouting "Allahu akbar" beheaded a woman and killed two other people in a suspected terrorist incident at a church in the French...
France Bans Pro-Hamas ‘Sheikh Yassin Collective’ Implicated in Beheading of Paris School Teacher
In the wake of last week's beheading of a Paris high school teacher, the French government on Wednesday announced a ban on an Islamist group...
Tribute Planned for Beheaded Teacher in France; Eleventh Person Arrested
An eleventh person was detained on Sunday, police said, as authorities investigated the murder of Samuel Paty, a history teacher who was beheaded by a...
Five Years On, France to Try Suspects in Charlie Hebdo Killings
Fourteen suspected accomplices to the French Islamist militants behind the 2015 attacks on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine and a Jewish supermarket in Paris will...
Macron: France Needs ‘Society of Vigilance’ Against Islamist ‘Hydra’
France must develop a "society of vigilance" in its fight against the "Hydra" of Islamist militancy, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday, as he paid homage...
French Prosecutor Finds Signs of Radicalisation in Paris Knife Attacker
France's anti-terrorism prosecutor said its investigation had detected signs of "latent radicalization" in the attacker who knifed four co-workers to death at the police headquarters...
French Police Hunt Suitcase Bomber After Blast in Lyon
French police were hunting a suspected suitcase bomber on Friday after an explosion in the central city of Lyon that injured 13 people, officials said. The suspect was...
Terrorist Who Stabbed French Soldiers Outside Jewish Community Center Faces Special Court Trial
An Islamist terrorist who attacked three French soldiers standing guard outside a Jewish community center in the southern city of Nice in 2015 is one step...
France’s Fight Against Islamic Radicalization: The Writing Is Still on the Wall
French president Emmanuel Macron, in a major policy address at the August annual French ambassadors’ conference, reiterated that the fight against Islamist terrorism is his...
