An Egyptian man with alleged ties to ISIS has been arrested in France on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack on Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
Earlier this month, officers from France’s Directorate General for Internal Security (DGSI) arrested a 62-year-old Egyptian national with reported links to the so-called Islamic State in Paris on suspicion of planning an attack on Notre Dame Cathedral.
His arrest was first reported at the time, but the suspect’s ties to ISIS, his nationality, and his alleged plot to attack the medieval Catholic cathedral, which was badly damaged in a 2019 fire and is still being renovated, are still under investigation. First reported. report by sunday Le Journal du Dimanche.
Following his arrest, the jihadist suspect was charged with being a “criminal terrorist organization” and was remanded in pre-trial detention on March 8.
France’s interior ministry said: “We are taking all measures to ensure the safety of French citizens.” The governors received very precise instructions. Radicalized people are closely monitored. We have strengthened security not only at places of worship and educational facilities, but also at transportation, public facilities, festivals, cultural and religious gatherings.
“Since 2015, DGSI’s personnel has doubled to more than 5,000 agents. The budget has also been revised upward significantly. At the same time, 10,000 police officers have been added to increase surveillance of dangerous locations. Government officials and military police will be mobilized.
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The disclosure comes after French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced last week that he had raised the terrorist threat regime to the highest level following an ISIS-claimed attack on a Moscow concert hall that killed at least 143 people. Ta.
The threat level of terrorism was previously raised in October after a teacher was stabbed to death by a Chechen immigrant while Palestinian terrorist group Hamas called for a global “day of jihad” following the Oct. 7 attack. It had been raised to the highest level. About Israel.
Demonstrating the scale of the Islamist terrorist threat in France, Interior Minister Gerard Darmanin said on Monday that the country’s intelligence and law enforcement authorities were blocking terrorist posts almost “every month.” “All countries are affected,” he said, adding that “the threat of Islamism can affect everyone at any time.”
Friday, French broadcaster BFMTV report Prime Minister Darmanin has ordered local authorities to deploy police to protect Catholic and Protestant churches over the weekend, as Christian places of worship are likely to be targeted by Muslim terrorists. did.
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