"The teenager admitted to wanting to die as a martyr and to having planned to carry out a violent act targeting the Jewish or LGBT community."
"Olivier Christen noted a 'four- or five-year' trend of younger defendants linked with 'terrorist' offences, observing that 'most are under 20'."
"The head of the PNAT added that the suspects are primarily boys, many of whom are isolated and often 'failing at school or relatively detached from it'."
French authorities arrested a 15-year-old boy for planning a violent act targeting Jewish or LGBTQ communities. He is charged with participation in a terrorist conspiracy. The teenager expressed a desire to die as a martyr and admitted to planning the attack. The national anti-terrorism prosecutor noted a trend of younger defendants in terrorist offenses, with most being under 20 years old. Many of these suspects are boys who are isolated and struggling academically.
Read at The Local France
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