Overview
- France’s DGSI detained four men on Thursday in connection with a planned attack detected in the Basque coastal city.
- Vladimir Osetchkin, head of the Gulagu.net rights group, told AFP he was the intended target.
- The National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor opened an inquiry for terrorist criminal association linked to preparing attacks on persons.
- The suspects, reported to be between their late 20s and late 30s and of French and Russian nationalities, are awaiting presentation before an anti-terror judge.
- Authorities say the arrests followed a probe launched in mid-September focused on a plan of action against a Russian opponent.