France foiled 3 attack plots targeting Paris Olympics, prosecutor says

11.09.2024 - 15:02 cbc.ca

French authorities foiled three plots to attack the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris and other cities that hosted the summer events, the national counterterrorism prosecutor said Wednesday.

Olivier Christen said the plots included plans to attack " Israeli institutions or representatives of Israel in Paris" during the July 26-Aug.

11 Olympic competition. The prosecutor told broadcaster France Info that "the Israeli team itself was not specifically targeted." He didn't give further details.

In all, five people, including a minor, were arrested on suspicion of involvement in the three foiled plots against the Summer Games, which were held against the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war and Russia's war in Ukraine.

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