the three teenagers arrested in France indicted

The three teenagers aged 15 to 17 arrested in France on Monday, and suspected of having been in contact with the four men arrested on Sunday in Belgium for a planned attack in Brussels, were indicted for criminal terrorist association , Franceinfo learned from a judicial source on Thursday March 7.

The youngest was placed under judicial supervision and the two others were placed in pre-trial detention. These three minors interacted in a group on a social network in which exchanges of jihadist propaganda took place and plans for an attack were discussed. In this context, they were able to be in contact with other people including certain individuals arrested in Belgium, specified the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday.