France says 9/11-inspired attack foiled by intelligence officers

October 19, 2019

France’s interior minister Christophe Castaner told France 2 (that) intelligence officers have foiled a terror plot inspired by the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Centre in New York City.

According to Le Parisien, he was looking for a weapon to help with hijacking a plane.

The man was charged on 26 September and is suspected of wanting to perpetrate an attack comparable to the events of 11 September, 2001.

In a tweet, he added: “60 attacks have been foiled since 2013 and every week people are arrested. Our intelligence services work daily on our protection. I want to pay tribute to them and tell them tonight, again, all my gratitude.”