Plans for attacks targeting the cities of Paris and Saint-Étienne have been foiled by the national counter-terrorism watch during this summer's Paris Olympics. The “jihadist threat” remains the main threat, according to the prosecutor.
“There were three attacks that were thwarted” during the Paris Olympics, Olivier Christen, the national counterterrorism prosecutor, said on the microphone. Franceinfo Wednesday, September 10.
The attacks planned to target “Israeli institutions or Israel's representatives in Paris,” the prosecutor said. The “bar establishments around Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Étienne” were particularly targeted. Another group “planned attacks against Israeli institutions instead.”
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The security official points to the “jihadist threat” as the main threat in the territory. “This represents 80% of the proceedings opened by my accusation,” he added.
According to Olivier Christen, “there were 936 home visits (the 'pre-search' procedure that consists in looking for evidence of the commission of crimes”), according to Civil Code) in 2024″. Almost seven times more than the previous year.