French police have arrested a 15-year old
suspected of planning an attack and using encrypted social media channels to
communicate with a French Islamist militant believed to be in Syria or Iraq,
sources said.
In an operation led by France's domestic
intelligence agency, police swooped on the teenager in Paris' eastern 20th
arrondissement.
"We're working with extreme intensity to
identify those we think are likely to carry out an attack," Interior
Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told reporters, adding that Islamic State was
recruiting "younger and younger individuals".
It is the second time a 15-year-old suspected
of plotting to kill in the name of Islamic State has been arrested in five
days. A source inside the prosecutor's office said both youngsters had used
Telegram to communicate with Rachid Kassim, an Islamic State jihadist of French
nationality.
Their arrests follow the detention of three
women, including a 19-year-old, who had allegedly wanted to attack a Paris
railway station using a car laden with gas cylinders.
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