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\n\tFrench authorities arrested a 27-year-old Tunisian man last Thursday for allegedly planning a terrorist attack at the Louvre in Paris. The news was confirmed by the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor\u2019s Office (PNAT) and first reported by Le Monde<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\tThe arrest was made as part of an investigation into the man\u2019s \u201cparticipation in a terrorist conspiracy in preparation for crimes against persons\u201d and that he planned \u201can action inspired by jihadist ideology,\u201d PNAT told Le Monde<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\tThe investigation\u2019s findings pointed toward an alleged planned attack at either the Louvre or a site that would\u2019ve impacted the Jewish community in Paris\u2019s 16th arrondissement, per Le Monde<\/em>, which added that \u201cno precise target had been selected.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tAccording to Le Monde<\/em>, the investigation began in late April when the man, identified as Dhafer M., was arrested in central Paris for driving with a fake license. He was then found to not have the proper documents for residency in France. He was released nine days after the traffic stop as he sought to appeal deportation proceedings.<\/p>\n \n\tBetween his release and his arrest on May 7, investigators found that \u201ca search of his cell phone revealed numerous jihadist propaganda videos and hundreds of photos of firearms and knives,\u201d the paper reports. Authorities also found that he had searched \u201chow to make a bomb\u201d and other related queries on ChatGPT.<\/p>\n \n\tInvestigators also told Le Monde<\/em> that Dhafer M. allegedly messaged foreign contacts about his plans for the attacks, with one conversation allegedly stating that he \u201cclaimed to know access points that lead to the Louvre and discussed making explosives he could plant at the museum,\u201d according to the paper. Another conversation said he planned to make the poison ricin, as well as mentioning \u201chis desire to attack Jews in the 16th\u00a0arrondissement.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe man was brought before an anti-terrorism judge on Monday in order to be formally charged. Dhafer M. has denied any plans for a terrorist attack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/man-arrested-alleged-terrorist-attack-plans-louvre-1234785071\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2265099607.jpg?w=1024″] French authorities arrested a 27-year-old Tunisian man last Thursday for allegedly planning a terrorist attack at the Louvre in Paris. The news was confirmed by the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor\u2019s Office (PNAT) and first reported by Le Monde. The arrest was made as part of an investigation into the man\u2019s \u201cparticipation in a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,226],"class_list":["post-1933059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-artnews-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1933059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1933059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1933059\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1933059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1933059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1933059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}