French authorities arrested six suspects Tuesday in connection with an alleged plan to attack French President Emmanuel Macron.
Nov. 6 (UPI) — French authorities arrested six suspects Tuesday in connection with an alleged plan to attack French President Emmanuel Macron .
Judicial officials said, according to the Independent, that the suspects were identified while law enforcement was investigating an “imprecise and loosely-form” scheme that involved “violent action” against Macron.
CNN reported that France’s intelligence agency DGSI said the suspects were picked up at three different locations: Isère, southeast of Lyon; Moselle, on the border with Germany and Luxembourg; and Ille-et-Vilaine, in the northwest near the city of Rennes.
France’s BFM-TV reported that the suspects ranged in age from 20 to 60 and belonged to the far-right movement.
The Telegraph reported Sunday that the right-leaning National Rally, led by former Macron foe Marine Le Pen, had taken over the lead in opinion polls from Macron’s more centrist La Republique En Marche party.
According to NBC News, Macron was participating in World War I ceremonies in Verdun, about 160 miles away from Paris, when the arrests were made.
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are expected to arrive in France with other world leaders this weekend to recognize the 100-year anniversary of the Nov. 11,1918, armistice signing that ended World War I.
Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire fought Britain, the United States, France, Russia, Italy and Japan during the war that killed more than 9 million people. Germany signed an armistice agreement on Nov. 11,1918, outside of Compiégne, France, to end the war.
