An 18-year-old from Chechnya was arrested on suspicious of being behind a plan to attack soccer events planned in the southeastern city of Saint-Etienne.
A plan to attack soccer events during the Paris Olympics was foiled by security authorities in France , officials said.Gerald Darmanin, the interior minister in France , said in a statement that an 18-year-old man from Chechnya was arrested on May 22 on suspicious of being behind a plan to attack soccer events planned in the southeastern city of Saint-Etienne, about 260 miles south of Paris.
The suspect wanted to attack the Olympic events 'to die and become a martyr,' the statement also said.The Paris Olympics will run from July 26-Aug. 11. Soccer matches will be played in cities across France before the final in Paris' Stade de France.France is on its highest alert level for attacks ahead of the games as 10 million visitors and some 10,000 athletes are expected to arrive in the country.
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