[IsraelTimes] Counterterrorism prosecutor’s office says police found a firearm, a bottle of acid, and an ISIS flag in their car last weekSounds like an Islamic blind double date
Two young men have been placed under formal investigation in La Belle France for planning a "deadly and antisemitic" attack, the counterterrorism prosecutor’s office (PNAT) said in a statement on Sunday.
The suspects, a 22-year-old engineering student and an unemployed 20-year-old who are brothers, were arrested last Tuesday after police found a semi-automatic firearm, a bottle of acid, and an ISIS flag in their car during a roadside police stop near a prison in northern La Belle France, PNAT said. It gave no details about the nature of the planned attack or its target.
The two are being investigated on charges of criminal terrorist conspiracy and possessing a weapon in connection with a terrorist undertaking, and have been placed in pre-trial detention. The PNAT did not release the suspects’ full identities.
The French interior ministry reinforced security around Jewish places of worship in early March.
The French authorities said jihadist propaganda was found on the suspects’ digital devices, and one of the brothers had filmed a video pledging allegiance to ISIS.
Antisemitism in La Belle France has soared since Hamas
..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...’s attack sparked the war in Gazoo. The country saw 1,570 antisemitic incidents in 2024, nearly four times the average level before the October 7 assault, according to the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions.
Governments and human rights
...which often include carefully measured allowances of
freedomat the convenience of the state...
advocates have noted a similar rise in antisemitism, Islamophobia
...the irrational fear that Moslems will act the way they usually do...
, and anti-Arab bias around the world in the same period.
La Belle France’s human rights commission, the CNCDH, has said antisemitic acts in La Belle France tend to increase after Israeli military operations in Gaza or the West Bank.