A third man was indicted and imprisoned on Friday in Paris in a project file for a "
jihadist-inspired
" knife attack which would have been foiled at the end of 2021, AFP learned on Monday from a judicial source.
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Two men then aged 23 were indicted on December 3 by a Parisian anti-terrorism judge for "
criminal terrorist association
" and imprisoned on suspicion of a "
serious and imminent
" plan to attack with a knife "
of jihadist inspiration
".
Last week, a third man was taken into custody in this case.
Presented to a judge, he was also indicted for "criminal terrorist association" and imprisoned in this case, according to the judicial source.
A source close to the case told AFP that this man, born in 2003 and from the Amiens region, is suspected of having put the first two in question in contact, after meeting one in a mosque and the second in discussions on social networks.
According to two sources close to the case, he was already imprisoned after a conviction for acts of apology for terrorism and had been removed from detention for questioning.
“
He denied having knowledge of the projects of the other two but his level of radicalism is proven
”, indicated these sources.
One of these sources presented him as a possible “
matchmaker within the jihadosphere
”.
The first two men had been arrested in Meaux (Seine-et-Marne) and Pecq (Yvelines) on November 29 by the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI) after information reporting an imminent attack.
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“
After several discussions on the modus operandi
”, the first two implicated “
decided to commit a knife attack in the street on civilians and to die as a martyr by being killed by the police
”, reported a close source. , evoking "
a project with a background of jihadist inspiration, concerted by two, unlike previous projects which emanated from more isolated individuals
".
It was about attacking passers-by "
around the Christmas period
" in shopping centers, universities or in the street, according to the judicial source.