Police in southern France have arrested four women and a girl as part of an anti-terrorist investigation into a suspected attack plot targeting the city of Montpellier, reports Euronews.
A police official in the Herault region confirmed the overnight arrests in the city of Béziers, and said Sunday that the DGSI domestic intelligence service and national anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office are handling the investigation.
Investigators centred on an 18-year-old woman living in a housing project in Béziers who is suspected of plotting an attack targeting nearby Montpellier, according to far-right Mayor Robert Ménard.
The 18-year-old’s mother and three sisters were also arrested, including one who is a minor, he said.
The 18-year-old had “boasted” to neighbours about watching videos of so-called Islamic State terror group, Menard told The Associated Press.