French authorities on May 31 filed preliminary terrorism charges against an 18-year-old man from Chechnya accused of a plot targeting spectators attending soccer games at the upcoming Paris Olympics. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said in a statement that members of the General Directorate of Internal Security arrested him on May 22 on suspicion of being behind the plot. The man is accused of planning a "violent action"’ on behalf of the Islamic State group's jihadist ideology, the national counterterrorism prosecutor's office said in a statement. The man, who was not identified, is in custody pending further investigation. The Paris Olympics start in eight weeks.
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