A 17-year-old minor was taken into police custody on Tuesday by police officers from the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI). As a Daech fanatic, he is said to have planned to attack various religious or diplomatic targets related to Israel or the USA.
This is the first foiled attack plan in 2025, and it is potentially worrying. According to our information, confirmed by the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT), a 17-year-old youth was taken into police custody on Tuesday by police officers from the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI) as part of a preliminary investigation into ‘criminal terrorist organisation’. The young man from Vesoul (Haute-Saône) is suspected of having planned a violent attack in France during Ramadan, the month of fasting for the Muslim community, which began on March 1st. This was done in the name of the Islamic State (IS) organisation, to which he claimed allegiance.
The case first came to light on Monday when the minor was caught with a knife outside his school in the Haute-Saône department during a gendarmerie check. He was initially taken into police custody for ‘carrying a prohibited category D weapon’ and briefly questioned by the local gendarmerie. The next day, however, he was taken back into custody by DGSI investigators, who feared that the offence was imminent. The man, described as highly radicalised, had been prosecuted by the territorial intelligence service in 2024 for proselytising and glorifying terrorist acts on social networks.
Le Parisien / Vesoul (70) : un adolescent islamiste placé en garde à vue pour un projet d’attentat durant le ramadan ; il avait été interpellé avec un couteau devant son établissement – Fdesouche