Plots included plans to attack ‘Israeli institutions or representatives of Israel.’
French authorities thwarted three terrorist plots to attack the 2024 Olympic Games that took place in Paris and surrounding cities, French chief anti-terror prosecutor Olivier Christen revealed on Wednesday.
Christen told the French broadcaster France Info that the plots included plans to attack “Israeli institutions or representatives of Israel” in Paris during the Olympics, which took place from July 26-Aug. 11. He added that “the Israeli team itself was not specifically targeted.”
Another foiled terror plot targeted Olympic soccer events scheduled to take place in the southern city of Saint-Étienne, in “bar-type establishments, around the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium,” said Christen. An 18-year-old man of Chechen origin was indicted and placed in pre-trial detention in May in relation to the terror plot. The national counterterrorism prosecutor’s office said in a statement at the time that the suspect was accused of planning “a violent action” on behalf of the Islamic State terrorist group.