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Nationalist charged for plotting to attack Macron on Bastille Day | Nationalist charged for plotting to attack Macron on Bastille Day |
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A man with nationalist views has been preliminary charged with terrorism-related offences for allegedly planning to attack French President Emmanuel Macron on Bastille Day, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. | A man with nationalist views has been preliminary charged with terrorism-related offences for allegedly planning to attack French President Emmanuel Macron on Bastille Day, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. |
The plans of the 23-year-old suspect were vague and he appeared to be acting alone, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office, Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre, said on Monday, as cited by AP. | The plans of the 23-year-old suspect were vague and he appeared to be acting alone, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office, Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre, said on Monday, as cited by AP. |
On Saturday, the man was preliminary charged with being involved in individual terrorist activity, Thibault-Lecuivre said, adding that the suspect might have also been planning to attack minorities. | On Saturday, the man was preliminary charged with being involved in individual terrorist activity, Thibault-Lecuivre said, adding that the suspect might have also been planning to attack minorities. |
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The report about the possible threat to the French President was first released on RMC radio, a sister branch of BFMTV channel. | The report about the possible threat to the French President was first released on RMC radio, a sister branch of BFMTV channel. |
According to the report, the suspect, who is from the Argenteuil commune in the suburbs northwest of Paris, was planning to attack the president on July 14th during a Bastille Day parade along the Champs-Elysees. | According to the report, the suspect, who is from the Argenteuil commune in the suburbs northwest of Paris, was planning to attack the president on July 14th during a Bastille Day parade along the Champs-Elysees. |
The suspect, who has described himself as “nationalist,” threatened police with a knife when he was arrested on Wednesday, the, RMC said. | |
While in custody, the unemployed man said he wanted to make a political statement by attacking the president during the parade. He also reportedly told the authorities that he was planning to attack “blacks, Arabs, Jews or homosexuals.” | |
The man, who has been described as mentally unstable, was convicted for incitement to terrorism back in 2016, RMC said. | |
In 2002, a far-Right neo-Nazi named Maxime Brunerie attempted to assassinate French President Jacques Chirac with a long-range rifle during a Bastille Day parade on Champs-Elysees. He managed to get off one shot before being overpowered by police. He served seven years in prison for the attack. |