Paris: Three Men Charged with Terror-linked Attempted Murder in Failed Bomb Plot
Two were on terror watch list and known to have been radicalized
French police have charged three men with “attempted murder in an organised group in connection with a terrorist enterprise” after they found several gas canisters placed in an apartment block in Paris. It’s not clear why the canisters were not detonated or why an apartment complex was targeted.
Three men have been handed preliminary terror-linked charges in the failed attack at a residential building in an upscale Paris neighborhood with gas canisters that failed to ignite.
The three, identified as Amine A, his cousin Sami B, and Aymen B., were charged late Friday with “attempted murder in an organized group in connection with a terrorist enterprise” and placed in pre-trial detention, a judicial source said.
All three were arrested on Monday evening, two days after the device was found in a block in the 16th arrondissement, one of the city’s most exclusive neighborhoods.
In total, police found four gas cylinders — two of them in the hallway attached to a mobile phone which investigators believe was meant to be used as a detonator. The other two were on the pavement outside.
The judicial official said on Saturday that the three were placed under formal investigation late Friday in the mysterious attack attempt. The official wasn’t authorized to speak on the record in an ongoing investigation.
Two of the alleged terrorists are on a terror watch list and known to have been radicalized by French authorities.
The shift from public venues to apartment residences has French officials puzzled.
The Times of Israel continues:
Anti-terrorism prosecutor Francois Molins said at a Friday news conference that investigators have yet to find a “logical explanation” for why the building was targeted.
Two of three men, Aymen B. and Amine A., are among thousands on a list for radicalization.
Three of their associates who were taken for questioning earlier this week have all been released.
“The consequences in terms of human life and material damage could have been dramatic,” Molins said on Friday, adding that it was unclear why they chose to target that particular building in Porte d’Auteuil.
It also remains unclear why the men did not activate the device. Police tracked them down by means of DNA found at the scene.
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Mormons maybe? Could explain the lack of “logical explanation”.
And just a few days after that, “a number of suspicious packages were found at Paris’ main train station – the Gare du Nord“ and a motorcycle exploded (splodeycycles, is that going to be a new thing?) in front of a military building also in Paris.
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/649706/paris-france-news-motorbike-explosion-jordan-embassy-military-attache-building-terror/amp
Islamic terrorism is becoming so commonplace in Europe that now when you hear of something happening and search Twitter for #ParisAttack or #LondonAttack, the results from the most recent one get jumbled in with the last two or three incidents.
FYI – Breaking
Londonistan – Cab Driver Plows Into Pedestrians at London Natural History Museum…
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/10/07/londonistan-cab-driver-intentionally-plows-into-pedestrians-at-london-natural-history-museum/
Oh good heavens. Are people still linking that trashy blog here? Bless. Although I notice at least they’ve partially acknowledged realty in this instance to the extent that they’ve edited their headline to remove the word “intentionally” — though of course the URL (https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/10/07/londonistan-cab-driver-INTENTIONALLY-plows-into-pedestrians-at-london-natural-history-museum/) is kind of a tell.
Here’s an actual news report though: “The incident is a road traffic investigation and not a terrorist-related incident.”
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/natural-history-museum-south-kensington-crash-which-left-11-injured-not-terrorrelated-police-say-a3653026.html?amp
“Radicalized”…. I feel the term is improperly used. If one follows the Koran and the words and teachings of the Prophet (PBUH.. or else), then following a path of true peace is the true radicalization. Presently, it is a percentile thing… more Muslims.. more jihad…period. Islam itself is and never has been at peace…there is war within and war without. Trying to finesse the Koran versus the Torah, Old and New Testaments will not work.
the only Peas (and farts) the pROFIT promises, is the peace of the grave.
and if you are Jewish not even that, since they used our headstones for urinals and burnt the graves of out forefathers.
Um, what? French authorities are now radicalizing people?!