France reveals six terror plots have been foiled in the country this year as it marks three years since ISIS attack on Paris that left 130 dead including 90 at the Bataclan music hall
- Christophe Castaner said six terror attacks have been foiled in France this year
- French security minister’s announcement came as nation mourned 2015 attack
- ISIS gunmen and bombers killed 130 people in Paris on November 13, 2015
- They struck the Bataclan concert hall and other venues in co-ordinated attacks
Six terror attacks have been foiled in France this year, the country’s security minister has revealed, as the nation marked three years since terror attacks in Paris killed 130 people.
Christophe Castaner’s announcement came on the country mourned those who died in co-ordinated ISIS attacks on the French capital three years ago.
Gunmen and bombers struck the Bataclan concert hall, where 90 people died, and other nightlife spots on November 13, 2015.
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe (center left) and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo (center right) walk to the bar ‘La Bonne Biere’ in Paris during a ceremony on Tuesday to mark three years since terror attacks in Paris left 130 people dead
Mr Castaner said the most recent thwarted plot involved far-right extremists detained last week on suspicion of targeting President Emmanuel Macron.
The minister said that three years after Islamic extremists slaughtered concert-goers at the Bataclan venue and other places in Paris, the terror threat to France remains high.
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But he said it has ‘changed shape’, with the Islamic State group weakened and counter-terrorism efforts strengthened.
Mr Castaner said that ‘nearly every week’ security services ‘intervene on the ground to neutralise risks.’
A woman touches the commemorative plaque at the entrance of the Bataclan in Paris on Tuesday during a ceremony held for the victims of the 2015 attack
Guards stand by a wreath of flowers in front of a commemorative plaque next to the bar ‘La Belle Equipe’ in Paris on Tuesday
He added their work is dissuasive to potential attackers who ‘know that we keep watch, that we hear’.
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took part in a ceremony held to remember the victims of the attacks on Tuesday.
They were joined by London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
France’s security minister Christophe Castaner (centre) is seen attending a ceremony at a commemorative plaque near the Le Carillon bar and Le Petit Cambodge restaurant in Paris
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