French authorities arrested an 18-year-old Chechen national suspected of plotting a terrorist attack targeting soccer matches during this summer’s Olympic games in Paris, as France remains on itsThe suspect was allegedly planning an attack targeting both spectators and police at the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in the city of Saint-Etienne, which is set to host soccer matches during the Olympics this year.
This year’s games come amid a particularly tumultuous geopolitical moment — with both the Israel-Hamas War in Gaza and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine still ongoing. In recent weeks France has been responding to unrest in its own territory ofafter proposed changes to voting laws sparked violent riots and conflict. France upgraded its security alert to the highest levelafter the terror attack in Moscow in March, which the Islamic State has taken responsibility for.
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