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French police arrest two men over ‘terror plot to attack gay people’

Two men in their 20s have been arrested in the greater Paris region over a suspected plot to carry out a terrorist attack targeting the gay community, sources in the intelligence services claim.

Published: 14 June 2018 16:05 CEST
French police arrest two men over 'terror plot to attack gay people'
RAID police unit. Illustration photo: AFP
The pair, aged 21 and 22, were arrested in the eastern Paris suburb of Seine-et-Marne suspected of planning to carry out an attack in the name of the Islamic State group. 
 
While the details of their plot remain vague at the moment, sources close to the investigation told AFP that the attack may been planned against the gay community. 
 
“Their plan remains unclear at this stage, but there is evidence to suggest they are targeting homosexuals,” sources told various French media sites.
 
According to sources close to the investigation, “knives, a firing device and Islamist State group propaganda were found” during raids conducted on Saturday by France's intelligence service DGSI in Seine-et-Marne after the pair had been arrested on June 9th.
 
They have since been placed in pre-trial detention, according to the prosecutor's wishes, a source close to the investigation revealed to the French press. 
 
France remains on high alert following a string of jihadist attacks over the past three years that have killed more than 240 people.
 
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Italian police arrest Algerian wanted for alleged IS ties

Police in Milan said on Thursday they had arrested a 37-year-old Algerian man in the subway, later discovering he was wanted for alleged ties to Islamic State.

Published: 9 November 2023 15:18 CET
Italian police arrest Algerian wanted for alleged IS ties

When stopped by police officers for a routine check, the man became “particularly aggressive”, said police in Milan, who added the arrest took place “in recent days”.

He was “repeatedly shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ while attempting to grab from his backpack an object that turned out to be a knife with a blade more than 12cm (nearly five inches) long,” they said in a statement.

The man was later found to be wanted by authorities in Algeria, suspected since 2015 of belonging to “Islamic State militias and employed in the Syrian-Iraqi theatre of war,” police said.

Police said the suspect was unknown to Italian authorities.

The man is currently in Milan’s San Vittore prison and awaiting extradition, they added.

Jihadist group IS proclaimed a “caliphate” in 2014 across swathes of Syria and Iraq, launching a reign of terror that continues with hit-and-run attacks and ambushes.

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