Paris Attack

Arson, malicious attacks disrupt train lines in France ahead of Olympics

Around 250,000 travellers were affected by disruptions caused by the Paris train attack on the eve of the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony

Russian citizen among those arrested in plots targeting Paris Olympics

French authorities have foiled several plots to disrupt the 2024 Olympics, including arresting a Russian man in one of them, officials said Wednesday, just days before the opening ceremony of the Summer Games in Paris. France has been on high alert over the past few weeks as preparations to host the Olympics hit the final stretch. The Games officially kick off with a lavish and high-security opening ceremony on the River Seine on Friday. Paris prosecutors said Wednesday that they had arrested a 40-year-old Russian man Tuesday at his Paris apartment on suspicion of planning to destabilize the Olympic Games. He was charged with conducting intelligence work on behest of a foreign power aiming to provoke hostilities in France, crimes punishable with a 30-year sentence in France, according to a statement from the Paris prosecutor's office. During an official search of the suspect's home in Paris, police agents found items that raised fears of his intention to organize events likely to l

With AI, jets, police squadrons, Paris secures Olympics, worrying critics

A year ago, the head of the Paris Olympics boldly declared that France's capital would be "the safest place in the world" when the Games open this Friday. Tony Estanguet's confident forecast looks less far-fetched now with squadrons of police patrolling Paris' streets, fighter jets and soldiers primed to scramble, and imposing metal-fence security barriers erected like an iron curtain on both sides of the River Seine that will star in the opening show. France's vast police and military operation is in large part because the July 26-Aug. 11 Games face unprecedented security challenges. The city has repeatedly suffered deadly extremist attacks and international tensions are high because of the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. Rather than build an Olympic park with venues grouped together outside of the city center, like Rio de Janeiro in 2016 or London in 2012, Paris has chosen to host many of the events in the heart of the bustling capital of 2 million inhabitants, with others dotted around

Paris Olympics: Policing to include checks for some of city's residents

Special anti-terrorism measures being put in place to safeguard the unprecedented opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics on the River Seine will also apply to all buildings along the route, meaning people who work and live there and their guests will be subjected to background security checks, Paris police chief Laurent Nunez said on Thursday. Those affected will be cross-checked against security services' databases, to see whether they have previously been flagged as suspected Islamist extremists or for other radicalism, Nunez said. The wildly ambitious July 26 ceremony is proving to be a gargantuan security challenge. Athletes will be paraded through the heart of the French capital on 94 boats along a six-kilometre (nearly four-mile) stretch of the Seine, from east to west. They will be accompanied by 87 other boats for security, media and other people. All of the parade route will be inside a high-security zone that Nunez described as an "anti-terrorism perimeter". He said it wi

Paris attacks: 20 convicted, Salah Abdeslam sentenced to life in prison

The chief suspect and only survivor of the 10-member team of extremists, Salah Abdeslam, was found guilty of murder and attempted murder in relation with a terrorist enterprise, among other charges

Verdict looms in 2015 Paris extremist attacks after 9-month long trial

Abdeslam faces up to life in prison without parole on murder and other counts, the toughest sentence possible under France's justice system

France: Paris suburb knife attacker is of Chechen origin, says prosecutor

The prosecutor said the 18-year-old suspect, who was shot dead by police as he refused to surrender, was a refugee of Chechen origin and not previously known to the intelligence services

2015 Paris attacks: 20 suspects face trial over massacre of 130 people

Since 2015, France has been struck by a wave of jihadist terror strikes that have claimed the lives of over 250 people

I put my trust in Allah: 2015 Paris attack suspect to court, defies judges

He has point-blank refused to speak to investigators since his arrest

Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam tried in Belgium over shootout

The charges Abdeslam now faces are not related to events in Paris, but to a shootout he had with police while on the run in Belgium

Paris attack: 6 soldiers injured after car 'deliberately' rams into them

Vehicle took off after the incident, which took place around 1130 IST

Paris attack: French police fire at jihadist attacker outside Notre-Dame

In 2016, Notre-Dame was the scene of a scare after a car full of gas canisters was found parked

Man shot after attacking police officer at Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral

Police warned people to stay away from the French landmark

Paris police say attacker shot, wounded outside Notre Dame

Police earlier said they were dealing with an incident in courtyard

Deadly attack halts campaigning

A policeman was murdered on the Champs-Elysees

Paris attack: Gunman known for radical Islamist activities

The shooting comes three days before the French general elections

Main Paris attacks suspect's brother asks him to break silence

Abdeslam was transferred to France from Belgium in April, after a long manhunt following the carnage on November 13

Belgium had key information on Paris attacker: lawmaker

More than an hour after that the Belgian authorities informed France that Abdeslam had jihadist links

France seeks transfer of Paris attacks suspects

Three of the accused helped prime suspect Salah Abdeslam flee

Belgian police dropped probe into Paris attackers before massacre: Report

Police stopped tracking brothers Salah and Brahim Abdeslam nine months before the attacks because of a funding shortage