France holds 4 over ‘violent’ attack plot

Three adults and a teenager have been arrested over a planned attack on the security forces in the coming days, prosecutors said yesterday, which a minister described as “extremely violent”.

All four were arrested on Friday as part of an investigation into a terrorist conspiracy, but there were no immediate details on the nature of the planned attack.

“Four people are being held over a plan to carry out an extremely violent terror attack,” Interior Minister Christophe Castaner told reporters.

One of the suspects is a minor serving a probationary sentence at an educational facility after being sentenced to three years, two suspended, for trying to travel to Syria.