a man indicted and imprisoned for a planned attack against a religious building

A 62-year-old man, supporter of“jihadist ideology”was arrested in the Paris region and indicted on March 8 for a planned violent action against a religious building, we learned on Wednesday March 20 from sources close to the case and from the anti-terrorism prosecution.

The man was arrested on March 5 by the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI). He was indicted on March 8 for terrorist conspiracy with a view to preparing crimes of harm to persons and placed in pre-trial detention, said the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office (Pnat), confirming information from the Parisian.

Church locations

This man was “clearly committed to jihadist ideology”, said one of the sources close to the matter. He is “suspected of having planned violent action against a religious building”, she added. According to The Parisianit was about“Christian buildings”, including a church. Investigators have uncovered various sightings near Catholic community sites.

At the beginning of March, three teenagers aged 15 to 17, suspected of having been in contact with four men arrested in Belgium for a planned attack against a concert hall in Brussels, were indicted in Paris for terrorist conspiracy. criminal after being arrested by the DGSI. Two of the three teenagers had been incarcerated.