Three Charged in Terror Investigation of Taxi Driver Attack Near Le Mans
The suspects are accused of aiding a radicalized assailant who attacked a taxi driver in July and allegedly planned further violence inspired by extremist ideology.
- Two men and one woman were charged with criminal terrorist conspiracy in connection to the July 16 attack on a taxi driver near Le Mans, France.
- The assailant, a 30-year-old man radicalized in prison, is accused of grievously injuring the driver and planning violent acts inspired by ISIS ideology.
- The suspects include a man flagged as a security risk, a woman alleged to have supplied a firearm, and another man accused of facilitating weapons acquisition.
- Investigators are probing whether the assailant intended to carry out additional attacks during his two days on the run after the incident.
- The case is being handled by France's national antiterrorism prosecutor, with at least seven individuals now under investigation.