He admitted to planning to commit a “suicidal terrorist action” at Defense during the 2024 Olympic Games, with a rifle or an explosive belt. On Wednesday, a 16-year-old teenager was arrested and placed in police custody in Haute-Savoie, “following his statements on social networks announcing his desire to make an explosive belt with a view to dying as a martyr,” specified the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office (Pnat).
The latter opened an investigation on Wednesday for “participation in a criminal terrorist association with a view to preparing crimes of attacks against persons following the arrest (Tuesday) of a young man aged 16 and from of Haute-Savoie”. The investigations were entrusted to the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI).
More and more teenagers involved in violent action projects
During the search of his parents’ home, “various handwritten documents including a declaration of allegiance to (the organization) Islamic State” were discovered, said the police source.
His police custody, which was still in progress on Wednesday, “aims to determine, with regard to the personality of the person in custody, the reality of the planned terrorist act and, if necessary, its state of completion”, specified the Pnat. The minor was being monitored for his radicalization, added the police source.
Anti-terrorism magistrates are concerned about the increasing appearance in recent months of adolescents in cases involving violent action plans.