The Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, affirms that two attack plans have been “foiled” in France since the beginning of 2024. At the same time, the head of government announced that “exceptional means” would be deployed “everywhere on the territory”, with “4,000 additional soldiers” placed “on alert”.
Gabriel Attal announced Monday that “exceptional resources” would be deployed “everywhere on the territory”, with “4,000 additional soldiers” placed “on alert”, after the attack in Moscow claimed by the jihadist group Islamic State. “The Islamist terrorist threat is real, it is strong” and “it has never weakened”, said the Prime Minister during a visit to Saint-Lazare station, in Paris, after the raising of the Vigipirate system to its maximum level. He said two planned attacks had been “foiled” in France since the start of the year.
The first foiled attack dates back to January 10
According to the Ministry of the Interior to AFP, the first foiled attack dates back to January 10, with the arrest of a person for a project targeting “Jewish targets” or an “LGBT nightclub”. The second, on March 5, concerned a 62-year-old man for a planned attack against Christian religious buildings, the same source said.
“We act upstream, we act on all fronts. Our fight against terrorism cannot be put into words. It is very concrete and our hand will never tremble in the face of terrorism, never in the face of Islamism,” added Gabriel Attal, affirming that 45 planned attacks had been foiled since 2017, and that 760 radicalized foreigners had been “returned to the border” since that date.