French police arrest trio suspected of ISIS-inspired suicide plot

The trio had begun making a suicide belt and were looking into making Acetone peroxide online. 

 A police officer waits outside the courtroom at the courthouse in Paris, March 31, 2025.  (photo credit: REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq)
A police officer waits outside the courtroom at the courthouse in Paris, March 31, 2025.
(photo credit: REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq)

French police arrested three men aged 19-24 on suspicion that they wished to carry out a suicide attack inspired by the 2015 attack at the Bataclan concert hall, Le Parisien reported on Sunday. 

The three, originally from Lille and Dunkirk in the North of France, were looking to conduct an attack in the name of ISIS to whom one of the suspects, Morad M., had pledge allegiance.  

The named suspect had shared posts with extreme rhetoric on Snapchat, calling to "drain in blood all the unbelievers."

The trio had begun making a suicide belt and were looking into making Acetone peroxide online. 

 Police officer patrols on the Trocadero square in front of the Olympic rings displayed on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic games in Paris, France, June 7, 2024. (credit: REUTERS/SARAH MEYSSONNIER)
Police officer patrols on the Trocadero square in front of the Olympic rings displayed on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic games in Paris, France, June 7, 2024. (credit: REUTERS/SARAH MEYSSONNIER)

Targeting the Jewish community 

The three wanted to target a site belonging to the Jewish community, various public spaces, a restaurant, and a night club. 

The three were apprehended by police. Two of them were placed under detention while the other was placed under judicial supervision for not having denounced the crime.