A 19-year-old youth was arrested yesterday in Paris and accused of, together with another youth who is a minor and against who is already on trial, "planned to carry out an attack aimed specifically at Jewish sites," said a French judicial source quoted by AFP and BTA.
The young man detained yesterday is accused of terrorist conspiracy to prepare crimes against the person, acquisition and possession of weapons in connection with a terrorist attack, the judicial source said, confirming information to BeFM TV, without giving further details about the possible targets of the arrested.
The juvenile was "charged and remanded in custody on June 13".
The two suspects, who live in the Paris area and "were linked through social networks, are accused of planning to carry out an attack aimed specifically at Jewish sites," the same source said, without giving further details. about the nature of the attack being prepared.
"The investigations, which will continue as part of the legal proceedings" launched by the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office, "will aim in particular to clarify the nature of the plan,", the source added.
No details have been released about the identity of the two young men, nor about the way in which they were discovered, according to AFP.