Terrorism: an 18-year-old who was preparing an attack in the name of the Islamic State arrested in the Drôme

This Wednesday, May 25, a man was arrested by the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI) and indicted: he was preparing a terrorist attack with knives in the name of the Islamic State. He would have confessed everything in police custody. This Wednesday, an 18-year-old young man was arrested in Drôme. According to judicial sources close to the investigation cited by AFP and taken up by our colleagues at RTL, he was preparing a terrorist act with knives in the name of the Islamic State. An investigation opened by the anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office The suspect allegedly pledged allegiance to Daesh and a compromising video was found on him. If we do not know who his targets were, this young man “from a Muslim family, had drawn attention to him to the point of being considered a threat”, according to RTL. According to our colleagues from Sud Ouest, a preliminary investigation has been opened by the National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT) for “terrorist association of criminals with a view to preparing one or more crimes of harm to persons”.