French Islamists planned kidnappings: investigators

[Mosby]

AFP - Some of the 16 suspected Islamic militants detained in France allegedly planned to kidnap a Jewish magistrate and other people, a source close to the investigation said on Tuesday.

"It looks like some of them planned to carry out kidnappings including that of a magistrate who has a Jewish-sounding name," the source said.

Another source confirmed that a Jewish magistrate from Lyon in central France was to be targeted.

The head of France's Central Directorate for Domestic Intelligence (DCRI), Bernard Squarcini, said on Saturday that those arrested the previous day were French nationals involved in "collective war-like training, linked to a violent, religious indoctrination".

http://www.france24.com/en/20120403-french-islamists-planned-kidnappings-investigators

[Behind the Aegis]

1. It is good they caught them, but are there more?

Was the school shooting an isolated event or are we about to see something bigger? It will be interesting to see how this plays out, including that this may not be as isolated as they once thought.