A teenage girl who allegedly had expressed readiness to commit terrorist attack in France was arrested by police in Paris suburbs, a local media report said on Monday. France has been attacked several times in the recent past, including the Nice carnage and the Normandy church attack, by suspected Islamic State sympathisers. As France was still coping with the immense loss of lives in the Nice attack, when two jihadists attacked a French church and killed a priest. At least 80 people were killed and more than 300 injured in the Nice attack when a French citizen of Tunisian descent mowed his truck into a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day on July 14. The 16-year-old girl, with suspected links with criminals related to terrorist networks, was charged of incitement of terrorist acts by using online means of communication, Xinhua news agency reported.

Source: Indian Express August 09, 2016 03:33 UTC