Photo: AFPAFP · 12 Sep 2016, 08:41Published: 12 Sep 2016 08:41 GMT+02:00A 15-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of plotting to attack France "in response to calls from Syria" French police say. French police have arrested a 15-year-old boy suspected of planning an attack, investigators said on Sunday, as Prime Minister Manuel Valls warned that the country faced a threat from 15,000 homegrown radicals. The teenager was arrested in eastern Paris on Saturday and had been under house arrest since April for suspected links to Islamic extremists. Investigators are looking into calls made by a French member of the Islamic State group, Rachid Kassim, for supporters of the group to strike French targets. The source said the 15-year-old had been in touch with Kassim using the encrypted messaging app Telegram.

Source: The Local September 11, 2016 15:22 UTC