Two brothers have been arrested in northern France on suspicion of planning a deadly antisemitic terrorist attack, according to Swedish media reports. The brothers, identified as a 22-year-old engineering student and his 20-year-old sibling, hold Italian and Moroccan citizenship. They were reportedly arrested on Tuesday in northern France by anti-terrorism prosecutors.
During the arrest, police allegedly found semi-automatic weapons, a bottle of hydrochloric acid, aluminum foil, and an IS flag in the brothers' car. In police interrogations, the brothers reportedly confessed to planning a terrorist attack in France with the intention of dying as martyrs. The investigation is being handled by French anti-terrorism authorities, though official French government statements were not immediately available in the sources reviewed.