They arrest a minor under 16 years old suspected of wanting to attack in Paris 2024

French authorities have arrested a 16-year-old boy suspected of wanting to commit a suicide attack during the Olympic Games that will take place this summer in Paris.

The young man, 16 years old and of French nationality, was arrested on Tuesday in the commune of Marignier, in the department of Haute-Savoie, and had been under surveillance for Islamist radicalizationas reported this Wednesday by the newspaper Le Parisien.

An investigation has also been opened on the charge of terrorist criminal association.

The origin of the suspicions was some comments on the Telegram messaging application, where the detainee was trying to obtain the necessary material to make an explosive belt.

The minor claimed he wanted to die as a martyr in the name of the Islamic State terrorist organization.

Already in police custody, The teenager admitted wanting to commit an attack during the Olympic Games in the La Defensa business neighborhoodon the outskirts of Paris, where several of the sports events will take place.

“The purpose of the current police custody is to determine, in light of the personality of the detainee, whether the plan to commit a terrorist act is a reality and, if so, its progress,” a representative of the Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office, which also requested “caution” in this phase of the investigation. AND