He is suspected of having planned a stabbing attack against a shopping center: a 14-year-old teenager in police custody

Le centre commercial qui était visé par l’adolescent. Capture Google Street View

This Wednesday, March 20, a teenager was taken into police custody while he was suspected of committing an attack against a shopping center in Lille.

A 14-year-old teenager was taken into police custody this Wednesday after pro-jihadist videos were found on his mobile phone, report our colleagues from BFMTV .

Stabbing attack

The teenager is suspected of having planned a stabbing attack against a EuraLille, a large shopping center in the northern city. The national anti-terrorism prosecutor's office (PNAT) has opened a preliminary investigation. The individual had the plans of the place.

He will be presented to an anti-terrorist investigating judge with a view to his indictment as the leaders "of criminal association with a view to preparing crimes against people", details the information channel. The boy also wanted to attack the college he attended in order to avenge the caricatured prophet , again according to information from our colleagues. Exchanges on Telegram with several individuals where he discussed his future actions were discovered and allegedly affirmed his support for the Islamic State.

S’he said to himself "ready to attack" people with a "bladed weapon", the teenager also watched propaganda videos from the terrorist organization and the manufacture of explosive devices.

"A simple curiosity"

The terrorist nature of his motivations is no longer in doubt after the discovery on his cell phone of several hundred pro-jihadist videos in his phone and the sharing of propaganda videos from the ;rsquo;Islamic State on the social network Tiktok.

"He is accused of having shared propaganda from the Islamic State, a terrorist organization whose ideology he clearly shared . He also allegedly considered committing an attack, in particular, against a shopping center. Judicial information will make it possible to verify the state of completion of the violent action project(s), explains the PNAT.

During his custody, the 14-year-old indicated that the exchanges on Telegram were just "simple curiosity". He also added that he wanted to attack the Lille shopping center with "long weapons" with a certain "Abu Abdallah".