Niqab, Bin Laden and wheelchair: three very young girls wanted to carry out a suicide bombing in Paris
Three young niqabi women have been arrested in France with advanced plans to blow themselves up at a concert.
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French public opinion is only now beginning to learn the details of a case that the Directorate-General for Security Interior (DGSI) and the National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office (PNAT) have been keeping under the strictest secrecy since October. Three young French women – aged 17, 19 and 21 – are in prison accused of planning a suicide attack on a concert hall or a bar in Paris..
Niqab, paraplegia and Bin Laden
The case, revealed by The Parisian i Real Time Language It has the particularity of combining three unusual elements: l’the extreme youth of those involved, their status as women in a predominantly male form of terrorism, and the emotional and social fragility of each. All three were wearing niqabs, one of them was in a wheelchair, and the leader's idea was to pay tribute to Bin Laden.
The 19-year-old was leading the group from Lyon. She had dropped out of school and lived practically locked away at home. She spent much of the day glued to TikTok, Snapchat and Telegram, where she consumed and shared jihadist propaganda. She had an account with half a million followers and posted pro-Islamic State content. The DGSI intercepted conversations in which she spoke about explosive belts, Kalashnikovs and false documents. In one message, she wrote: «I'll go there and blow everything up.«. In another, according to Le Parisien, he said that he wanted “to pay tribute to Bin Laden”.
The second girl is 21 years old and lives in Vierzon. She travels. in a wheelchair due to a serious motor problem. He had been through social centres, temporary flats and periods of instability. France Info explains that he has a history of suicidal thoughts and mental health problems. Last February she had already been investigated for glorifying terrorism. Investigators believe she shared with B. a fascination with violent action, although her lawyer insists that much of the information is “out of context.”.
The youngest was 17 at the time of the events. She is a broken teenager, according to her lawyer. TShe had family conflicts, school failure and suffered depressive episodes.. The DGSI notes that his messages sounded “childish”, but revealed an attraction to the jihadist world. During his compulsory “defence and citizenship” day, he sent a message saying: «If they knew they had a terrorist here…».
The suicide project was taking shape
Their online conversations were constant, but the critical point came when they began meeting in person in Lyon at the end of the summer. For the DGSI it demonstrated that lThe three lonely and unstable girls had taken action.. For this reason, in early October, the DGSI carried out three simultaneous arrests in Lyon, Villeurbanne and Vierzon.
During the search of the leader's home, the officers found a notebook. It contained notes on how to make a cexplosive detonator, ingredient lists, calculations on the price of an automatic rifle and notes on possible targets. The young women had not yet chosen a specific venue, but they were talking about concert halls and bars, spaces associated with leisure that they rejected.
An exceptional case by its nature
This case is particularly unique within the French counter-terrorism landscape. Not only because it is the first jihadist plot led by women since 2021, but also for the unusual combination of extreme youth, psychological fragility and accelerated radicalisation through digital platforms. The presence of a seventeen-year-old girl, a young woman in a wheelchair and a leader with no prior involvement in organised networks breaks the usual patterns detected by the DGSI.
According to official sources, this trio represents a new form of threat: individualised, hyperconnected and capable of transforming virtual conversations into a real violent project in a matter of weeks.
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