an “Islamist-inspired” attack targeting an Olympics event foiled in Saint-Etienne, according to the Ministry of the Interior

It’s about “of the first foiled attack against the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris”says, Friday May 31, Gérald Darmanin. A planned attack “Islamist inspired” which targeted the football events of the Paris Olympic Games was foiled in Saint-Etienne (Loire) by the intelligence services, the Ministry of the Interior announced. “An 18-year-old Chechen national suspected of wanting to commit an Islamist-inspired attack” was arrested on Wednesday May 22 in the city, during the football events which will take place there, said the Ministry of the Interior.

According to “the first elements” of the investigation, the young man arrested “would have liked to attack spectators, but also the police and die as a martyr” within the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium, continues the ministry in its press release.