Notre Dame Cathedral bombing attempt

On 4 September 2016, a car containing seven canisters of gas and pages with Arabic writing was found parked near Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.[1][2][3]

Arrests

"Information we were able to get from our intelligence services allowed us to act before it was too late," said President Francois Hollande.[4] Inès Madani, accused of leading the bomb attempt, posed as a man under the name "Abu Omar" on social media to recruit jihadis to join her in attacking Notre Dame, and successfully recruited Ornella Gilligmann, a mother of three. According to Gillingmann, she then stopped hearing from "Abu Omar", but was contacted by Madani.[5]

Police also arrested Amel Sakaou, 39, and Sarah Hervouët, 23.[6] All three women were armed with knives.[7] During the arrest, Hervouët, who was "completely veiled",[8] stabbed a policeman.[9] Hervouët converted to Islam a few months before traveling towards Syria in 2015,[10] and was betrothed to Adel Kermiche,[11] one of the terrorists of the Normandy church attack. One of the arrested women was alleged to have had a letter professing allegiance to the Islamic State.[12] Two men said to be connected with ISIL propagandist Rachid Kassim were also arrested in connection with the plot.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hinnant, Lori (7 September 2016). "Gas Containers Found Near Notre Dame". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Samuel, Henry (8 September 2016). "Gas tanks and Arabic documents found in unmarked car by Paris' Notre Dame cathedral spark terror fears". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "French counter-terror police 'foil planned suicide attack at Paris tourist spot'". The Local. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  4. ↑ Adamson, Thomas (9 September 2016). "Prosecutor: Failed Paris car bomb plotted by IS-guided women". Washington Post. AP. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  5. 1 2 Chazan, David (17 September 2016). "Paris female jihadist posed as man to recruit other women, as city remains on high alert". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Three women charged over alleged Notre Dame terror plot". ABC News. 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  7. ↑ Seelow, Soren (11 October 2016). "Terrorisme : Sarah Hervouët, 23 ans, aspirante au martyre". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Qui est Sarah Hervouët, la Varoise qui préparait un attentat". Var-Matin (in French). 13 September 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "French women investigated in bomb case". BBC News. 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  10. ↑ "Qui est Sarah Hervouët, la Varoise qui préparait un attentat". Var-Matin (in French). Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  11. ↑ ALISSA J. RUBIN; AURELIEN BREEDEN. "Women's Emergence as Terrorists in France Points to Shift in ISIS Gender Roles". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 October 2016. Ms. Hervouët is a convert to Islam, and she, too, wanted to go to Syria, Mr. Molins said. She left for Syria in March last year, but never got there because the Turkish authorities turned her back. Mr. Molins said that she had been betrothed first to the man who killed a police captain and his companion in June in Magnanville near Paris and then to Adel Kermiche
  12. ↑ "Three women charged over Notre Dame Cathedral gas canister plot". Sky News. Retrieved 2018-04-06.

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