A radical Islamist arrested in Yvelines after two days of tracking: an attack avoided ?

The man, suspiciousé of having attacked a taxi driver in Le Mans on the night of Tuesday à Wednesday, wasé stopé Friday in Yvelines, after the intervention of the Raid and the BRI.

A two-day hunt has come to an end. An elderly man of 26 years old wasé arrested &agrav; Poissy (Yvelines) on the night of Thursday & Friday by the RAID and the Anti-Terrorist Sub-Directorate (Sdat) and is currently being heard by the latter è Levallois-Perret (Hauts-de-Seine). The suspect would have beené arrested "without incident", cites France Info, shortly after midnight following & the intervention of the Raid and the BRI.

The individual was wanted since Tuesday night after the attack on a taxi driver in Le Mans (Sarthe). The facts date back à Tuesday night à Wednesday and justifiedé the opening of an investigation into "attempted assassination, kidnapping and confinement in relation to a terrorist enterprise" , but also "terrorist criminal association with a view to preparing crimes against people", leading to the seizure of the national anti-terrorist prosecutor's office. The individual arrested is known to the police for his radicalization and is also the subject of an administrative surveillance measure reports Le Parisien.

Remarks favorable to Hamas and violent aggression

The 26-year-old man is a suspect. for having threatened a taxi driver with a gun à fire and having forced him to &agrav; take him to an isolated place in the town of Ferte-Bernard. The suspect then allegedly forced the driver &agrav; got out of the vehicle and allegedly tied him up. hands and feet. Hurt at the level of the neck by a bladed weapon, the latter managed to à freed himself from his bonds and found himself refuge with locals.

During the attack, the suspect allegedly made comments favorable to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood by referring to the situation in Israel and expressing a desire to attack the police. Investigators also feared that the 26-year-old man could commit an attack. The guard à view of the suspect may last up to 96 hours due to the potentially terrorist nature of his actions. The investigations were carried out entrusted jointly to the Anti-Terrorist Sub-Directorate (Sdat), à the judicial police of the western zone as well as 'à the General Directorate of Security interior (DGSI).