We and our partners do the following data processing based on your consent: store and/or access information on a device, personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development French police officer arrested over suspected far-right terror plot A French police officer who allegedly adheres to a 'violent radical far-right ideology' has been arrested on suspicion of plotting attacks against state interests and manufacturing 3D-printed weapons, sources told Thursday. A policeman who follows "a violent radical far-right ideology" has been arrested in France on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack, sources told late on Thursday. Confirming a report by the TF1/LCI broadcaster, a judicial source said that the man was also suspected of having manufactured weapons, among other crimes.
A separate source close to the case told that the police officer, aged 35, was "apprehended on the street" on August 23. According to TF1/LCI, the officer "is suspected of having planned to carry out violent attacks against the interests of the state" and of having "manufactured 3D-printed weapons", among other things. The policeman faces charges including preparing a terrorist act, the unauthorised manufacture or trade in weapons in connection with a terrorist organisation and unauthorised weapon possession.
He is also charged with incitement to terrorism through social media. The police officer's lawyers had not responded to as of Thursday evening. The news comes in the wake of revelations that France's far-right National Rally (RN) party expelled another policeman after body cam footage of him making racist comments sparked outrage.
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