The worrying planned attack on the banks of the Rhône by Sofiane E., an 18-year-old high school student

“The whole family is in shock. Sofiane was never a thug or a trafficker, he was an ordinary high school student. In 18 years, he has never done anything stupid. Two weeks after his son’s arrest for an imminent attack, Hassan is still struggling to understand how he missed his radicalization. Admittedly, his eldest sometimes showed signs of increased religiosity. But from there to imagine him turning into an apprentice jihadist driven by the desire to kill people at random…