An 18-year-old young man, suspected of wanting to commit an imminent terrorist act with a knife, was arrested in the Drôme and indicted on Tuesday in Paris, we learned on Wednesday from judicial sources close to the case. .
The first investigations, confirmed by his statements in police custody, showed that he was planning a terrorist act “in the name of the Islamic State organization to which he had pledged allegiance”, a source added. judicial.
A video of allegiance was discovered in his possession, a source close to the file said.
Arrested Friday by the DGSI
The young man had very recently drawn attention to him, to the point of being considered a threat, the same source told AFP.
Faced with the imminence of an attack project on his part, a preliminary investigation was opened by the National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT) on May 19 for “terrorist association of criminals with a view to the preparation of one or more crimes of ‘attacks on persons’.
He was arrested Friday in the Drôme by investigators from the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI), a judicial source added. He was charged on Tuesday and remanded in custody.
Coming from a Muslim family, the suspect had become radicalized, but the conditions for this have not been specified. His target(s) have not been disclosed.