Le jeune homme a été repéré devant un établissement scolaire avec un couteau. Il était connu des services de renseignement.
However, this teenager came back to the attention of the DGSI in early March 2025 due to a conversation on encrypted messaging where he hinted at his intention to act, as reported by franceinfo from the same source. He also claims allegiance to the Islamic State organization.
As a result, the 17-year-old suspect was placed in custody on Tuesday by the General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI) until his presentation to an anti-terrorism judge on Thursday. The Pnat has requested his placement in pre-trial detention.
«Further investigations through judicial commission will confirm the exact targets of the violent action project and its imminence», added the Pnat in a statement sent to franceinfo and Radio France agency.
This is the first thwarted violent action project in 2025. The suspect is very young, as is now the case in the majority of terrorism cases, as indicated by the Director General of the DGSI, Céline Berthon, on franceinfo on Wednesday. Since 2023, 70% of individuals arrested for terrorism by the DGSI were under 21 years old.
The young man was spotted in front of a school with a knife. He was known to intelligence services.
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The project of violent action has been thwarted, the first one in 2025, as learned by franceinfo from a source close to the case and the National Counter-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office (Pnat) on Thursday, March 13, confirming information from Le Parisien. A 17-year-old teenager, who was taken into custody on Tuesday, is being presented to an anti-terrorism judge on Thursday. He was indicted on Thursday evening and placed in pretrial detention for «participation in a criminal association with the intent of preparing one or more crimes against persons.»
On Monday, the suspect was spotted by the gendarmerie in front of a school in Haute-Saône carrying a large knife, as learned by franceinfo from a source close to the case. He was arrested on the same day, as stated by the Pnat, but the investigation was initially led by the public prosecutor’s office in Vesoul.
The following day, the Pnat took over the case, «under the qualification of criminal association with the intent of preparing one or more crimes against persons.» The suspect was known to the intelligence services. He was monitored by territorial intelligence between 2022 and 2024 for radicalization, as learned by franceinfo from a source close to the case. The monitoring was lifted at the beginning of 2024. However, this teenager came back to the attention of the DGSI in early March 2025 due to a conversation on an encrypted messaging app where he hinted at his intention to act, as learned by franceinfo from the same source. He also claimed allegiance to the Islamic State organization.
The 17-year-old suspect was taken into custody on Tuesday by the General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI) until his presentation to an anti-terrorism judge on Thursday. The Pnat requested his pretrial detention.
«The upcoming investigations on a rogatory commission will confirm the exact targets of the violent action project and its imminence,» the Pnat added in a statement sent to franceinfo and Radio France.
This is the first thwarted violent action project in 2025. The suspect is very young, as is now often the case in the majority of terrorism cases, as indicated by the Director General of the DGSI, Céline Berthon, on franceinfo on Wednesday. Since 2023, 70% of the people arrested for terrorism by the DGSI were under 21 years old.
The young man was spotted in front of a school with a knife.
Il était sous surveillance des services de renseignement.
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