(AFP) Five women went on trial Monday over an alleged plot to detonate a car bomb in front of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris three years ago, when France was battling a wave of Islamist attacks that since 2015 have killed over 250 people.
It is the first high-profile case involving women accused of wanting to carry out a jihadist attack in France, where authorities remain on high terrorism alert.
Two of the women risk up to life in prison for their alleged roles in the plot, as do two others accused of later trying to help one of the women escape.
A fifth woman faces a possible 30-year sentence, while a sixth is being tried for not alerting authorities to the planned attack.
