"The investigation established that the suspect was aiming to attack "a Paris museum as well as members of the Jewish community, although no specific target had been identified". The man was arrested on May 7th after a preliminary probe was launched the day before into suspected "terrorist criminal conspiracy". Besides plotting the attack in Paris, the suspect was contemplating joining "the ranks of the Islamic State terrorist organisation in Syria or Mozambique"."
"Two newspapers, Le Monde and Le Parisien, reported that the suspect had considered the Louvre museum as a possible target, as well as the Jewish community in the capital's 16th arrondissement. Both the internal DGSI security services and the counter-terrorism unit of the SAT-BC criminal investigation division were entrusted with the probe. He was placed in pre-trial detention on Monday."
"An analysis of his cellphone revealed numerous jihadist propaganda videos as well as hundreds of photos of firearms and knives, and he used an image of an IS fighter executing prisoners as a profile picture on social media, the newspaper reported. His phone also contained searches on ChatGPT with questions such as "how to make a bomb", it added."
French authorities arrested a 27-year-old Tunisian man suspected of plotting a violent action inspired by jihadism. Investigators said he aimed to attack a Paris museum and members of the Jewish community, without identifying a specific target. He was arrested on May 7 after a preliminary probe into suspected terrorist criminal conspiracy began the day before. Prosecutors said he also considered joining the Islamic State in Syria or Mozambique. Security services and a counter-terrorism unit conducted the investigation. He was placed in pre-trial detention. Reports said his phone contained jihadist propaganda videos, many photos of weapons, an Islamic State execution image as a profile picture, and searches on ChatGPT about making a bomb.
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