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French authorities claim the attack was “imminent” — a terror attack on at least one church in Paris.
According to an article in USA Today, an Islamic extremist known to French investigators has been arrested with a car full of weapons. But the reason for his arrest might lead some to wonder if providential power could have played a hand in foiling the planned terror attack, especially considering the target was said to be a house of worship.
The suspect, say authorities, was apprehended only because he accidentally shot himself in the leg.
“The man called for an ambulance, and was found bleeding on a pavement in the 13th arrondissement of the city, the Guardian reported. Police followed a trail of blood to his car, where they found the weapons. Several more weapons were found at the suspect’s home.”
The website France 24 botes that the 24-year old suspect, an Algerian national, is also the alleged killer of a young woman, a fitness instructor, in a Paris suburb on Sunday.
The arrest of the man who officials say plotted to attack at least one church has served as a disturbing reminder of the deadly assault on the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo earlier this year, especially considering the cache of deadly weapons found in the suspect’s car and apartment.
“In an eerie reminder of January’s Charlie Hebdo attacks, in which 17 people were killed by Islamist gunmen, the haul included a number of handguns, a Kalashnikov assault rifle and bullet proof vests. A search of the man’s apartment later uncovered three more Kalashnikov rifles.”
Officials reportedly believe the suspect may have intended to carry out his terror assault by impersonating a police officer.
“According to RTL radio, police also discovered flashing blue lights of the type that fix magnetically to police car roofs, as well as orange ‘Police’ armbands that are used by French plainclothes officers.”
Since the January attacks on Charlie Hebdo and a kosher deli in Paris, France has heightened security with 10,000 soldiers patrolling sensitive sites across the country.
This post originally appeared on Western Journalism – Equipping You With The Truth