ESPN.com · May 31, 2024
French police arrest man over Olympic soccer attack plan
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French authorities have arrested a man for planning an attack on Saint-Étienne's Stade Geoffroy-Guichard. Marc Atkins/Getty Images Reactions
French authorities have arrested a man for planning an attack on Saint-Étienne's Stade Geoffroy-Guichard.The French interior minister said Friday that security authorities have foiled a plan to attack soccer events during the Paris Olympics.
Gerald Darmanin said in a statement that the members of the General Directorate of Internal Security arrested an 18-year-old man from Chechnya, Russia, on May 22 on suspicion of being behind a plan to attack soccer events that will be held in the city of Saint-Étienne, southwest of Lyon.