French security services have foiled a plot for an “Islamist-inspired” attack which was planned for during this summer’s Olympic Games.
The country’s domestic intelligence agency arrested an 18-year-old Chechen man suspected of organising an attack on a football game in Lyon. The Chechen immigrant to France is said to have wanted to disrupt games planned in Saint-Étienne, a city in the east of the country.
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Source: The Sun
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