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France’s First Incel-Linked Terror Case Sees 18-Year-Old Indicted for Plotting Attacks on Women

Pnat officials have charged Timothy G. with terrorist association after he was arrested near Saint-Étienne.

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Marion Jacquet-Vaillant, maître de conférence en science politique à l'université Paris-Panthéon-Assas, estime que la tendance incel, majoritairement virtuelle, se concrétise de plus en plus.
Les hommes se définissant comme «incels» échangent principalement via Internet.
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Overview

  • Timothy G., 18, has been indicted by the Parquet national antiterroriste for terrorist association aimed at preparing gender-based crimes, with the suspect remanded in custody.
  • His arrest near a Saint-Étienne lycée with two knives marked the first exclusively incel-driven case handled by France’s terrorism prosecutors.
  • Investigators found that Timothy G. openly identified with the involuntary celibate ideology, having consumed misogynistic content on TikTok.
  • This formal Pnat probe follows earlier youth-led plots in February near Annecy as well as in May 2024 in Bordeaux that showed incel motivations.
  • French authorities are expanding surveillance of online misogynistic networks as they adapt counterterrorism tactics to gender-based extremist threats.