A 16-year-old minor who posted on a Telegram channel that he wanted to obtain the necessary elements to make an explosive belt in order to die as a martyr in the name of the Islamic caliphate was arrested on Tuesday April 23 at his parents’ home in Marignier (Haute-Savoie), according to our information.
He is a French citizen and is being monitored due to his radicalisation. During the house search, his mobile phone, handwritten documents, including a pledge of allegiance to the Islamic State, and drawings of Daesh, Hamas and Hezbollah flags were found, a police source told Valeurs actuelles.
During his interrogation, the teenager, who was taken into police custody by the DGSI, admitted that he had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State and had planned to commit a terrorist suicide attack with an AK-47 rifle (Kalashnikov) or an explosive belt during the Olympic Games in Paris this summer in La Défense.
Following a tip-off about the suspect’s statements, the local public prosecutor’s office referred the matter to the Department of Organised and Specialised Crime (DCOS). In the meantime, the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT) has taken over the further investigation.