A 17-year-old boy has been arrested in France with serious plans to kill non-Muslims.
He described himself as a “soldier of the Islamic State” and was planning attacks on schools, embassies and French media outlets. In 2025 in France, 12 minors have already been arrested for Islamist terrorism.
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On Monday 1 September 2025 a 17-year-old boy was arrested in Le Mans by the Directorate-General for Internal Security (DGSI). He says The Parisian, that sand accuses him of preparing violent plans to kill non-Muslims, with specific high-impact targets.. The investigators highlight that it was meticulously and deliberately planned.
Declaration signed as an «Islamic State soldier»
The boy, who goes by the war name “Abou Jannah Al Faransi”, He described himself in a pledge text as a “soldier of the Islamic State” and expressed his intention to kill “mécréants”, that is, infidels or non-Muslims.. During the search of his home, theThe police found the signed oath, documents related to the manufacture of explosives, notes on chemicals and points marked on Google Maps. .
A list of school facilities in the Sarthe also appeared, as well as references to possible attacks on the embassies of Israel and the United States, the Élysée Palace, the Ministry of the Interior and the headquarters of major audiovisual media in Paris. In private conversations, The teenager said he wanted to “do like Abdelhamid Abaaoud”, the mastermind of the November 2015 Paris attacks..
Online radicalisation
Investigations suggest that the boy may have been radicalised online by consuming jihadist propaganda. and coming into contact with messages from the Islamic State in Khorasan (IS-K), the branch of Daesh active in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This group has been responsible for the 2024 Moscow attack that killed 137 people and is currently considered by the DGSI as the main terrorist threat against France. The counter-terrorism police suspect that the minor had begun establishing virtual contacts with sympathisers of this organisation.
The teenager, of French nationality, He tried to flee at the time of his arrest at the Mans., an incident that forced elite RAID units to intervene. He was transferred to the DGSI's premises in Levallois-Perret, where he remained under arrest for 96 hours. During the interrogations admitted to having planned terrorist plots, despite assuring that they had not yet reached an operational stage. Finally, on Friday 5 September he was remanded in custody on charges of “criminal terrorist association” and provisionally imprisoned.
Twelve minors arrested in France in 2025
This case is part of a growing phenomenon: As of 2025, at least twelve minors have already been charged in France with Islamist terrorism offences.. The DGSI notes that adolescents, often in a state of emotional and social vulnerability, They are particularly vulnerable to propaganda spread by groups such as Daesh via the Internet and social media..
The investigation into “Abou Jannah” remains open to determine the extent of progress of his preparations., the reality of contacts with IS-Khorasan and whether there were local or remote complicities. The case shows, once again, to what extent jihadist radicalisation can affect adolescents in France and turn them into potential perpetrators of violent attacks against civilians and institutions.
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