Terrorism in France

Police in France have foiled a suspected terror attack and arrested two brothers of Egyptian origin, French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said on May 18.

A man with a knife attacked people in the center of Paris. One man was killed, four people were injured.

The attacker was killed by a police patrol.

A suspected ISIS gunman has killed a shop worker after taking hostages at a French supermarket following a drive-by shooting that injured an off-duty officer. 

Shots were heard as the man stormed into a Super U at around 11.15am in the town of Trebes, south west France amid claims he shouted 'vengeance for Syria' and  pledged allegiance to the terror group.

A man armed with a knife has this morning attacked a soldier at a Paris metro station. It occurred outside Chatelet station but no-one was injured, French media report. The attacker didn’t cause any injuries to the soldier, and he was arrested shortly after. The soldier was deployed to the area as part of the army’s Operation Sentinel, established in the wake of the city’s 2015 terror attack.

A manhunt has been launched after a car ploughed into anti-terror soldiers in the northwestern suburbs of Paris on Wednesday morning, injuring six, according to The Local.

French security forces launched a manhunt on Wednesday after a car ploughed into anti-terrorism soldiers outside their barracks in the town of Levallois-Perret (see below), injuring six, three more seriously.

A video released by British Daily Mail shows the moment the 39-year-old Islamic terrorist opens fire against police in Paris. Police appear to be exchanging guns shots with the jihadist which led to the death of one police officer and two injuries. French media are reporting that the assailant’s name is Karim C, who goes by an alias “Abu Yusef the Belgian”.

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Two Belgian policemen were arrested for helping a group of migrants return to France after they wound up in Belgium by mistake while heading to Calais, officials said Sept. 22.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has said that the country's authorities have thwarted an attack targeting police and soldiers in the city of Orleans, france24.com reported on Tuesday.

Cazeneuve said that two French nationals had been arrested in connection with the suspected plot in the region of Orleans, southwest of Paris, on 19 December.

The mastermind responsible for the deadly attacks in Paris, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, had planned to hit Jewish targets, schools and the transport system in France, according to sources of news agency Reuters.