Family Ties in Terror: Afghan Nationals in France and US Arrested for Alleged ISIS-Inspired Attacks on Public and Political Targets
Paris, France – French authorities have charged a 22-year-old Afghan national with plotting a terrorist attack possibly targeting a crowded football stadium or a busy shopping center. The announcement comes shortly after the suspect’s relative was apprehended in the United States for allegedly planning a separate terror attack. According to Paris’s Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office, the arrest occurred on October 8 in Toulouse and Fronton as part of a proactive investigation that began on September 27. …