French police arrested a man in August on suspicion that he was plotting a terror attack on a concert venue, French television channel BFMTV
revealed Friday.
Officers from France's General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI) arrested the man on August 15, two months after he returned to France from a six-day trip to Syria. The
suspect — a Paris resident in his thirties — admitted during questioning that he had spent a week in the Syrian city of Raqqa in May 2015.
Located in the north of the country, Raqqa is an Islamic State (IS) stronghold in the north of Syria and has been described as the capital of the group's self-proclaimed caliphate.
The suspect is believed to have sustained an injury to the leg after being hit by a grenade at the start of his training in Raqqa. He was reportedly ordered by one of the camp's leaders to return to Europe or France to carry out a terror attack. The suspect agreed to travel back to France,
suggesting a busy concert hall as an ideal target for an attack.