PARIS, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Two youths aged 16 were arrested in the north of France earlier this week on suspicion of planning attacks on a shopping centre or concert venue, said the French anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office on Friday. The anti-terrorist prosecutor said one of the 16-year olds had started to follow jihadist propaganda. It […]
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PARIS, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Two youths aged 16 were arrested in the north of France earlier this week on suspicion of planning attacks on a shopping centre or concert venue, said the French anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office on Friday.
The anti-terrorist prosecutor said one of the 16-year olds had started to follow jihadist propaganda. It did not name the two 16-year olds who had been arrested.
(Reporting by Sophie Louet;Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)