(AFP) The trial of three French men and two foreigners opened in Paris on Monday for allegedly planning a jihadist attack near France’s presidential palace, the Elysee.
The five, two of whom were minors at the time of the suspected plot, are charged with membership in a terrorist organisation.
After becoming aware of the group because of its backing for radical Islamist ideology and armed jihad, France’s domestic intelligence service DGSI dispatched two undercover agents to infiltrate the gang.
As well as the three French men, one member was born in Russia and another in Algeria.
