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The Guardian - UK
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Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

Four men go on trial in Paris accused of conspiring to plot neo-Nazi attacks

The Bataclan theatre in Paris
The Bataclan theatre in Paris where 90 people were killed during a terrorist attack claimed by Islamic State in November 2015. Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA

Four men are going on trial in Paris accused of conspiring as a neo-Nazi terrorist group to plan attacks on mosques and Jewish targets in France in 2017 and 2018.

An investigation was opened in 2018 after Alexandre Gilet, a 22-year-old volunteer deputy gendarme in Grenoble, allegedly ordered products that could be used in explosive devices. The manager of a fireworks shop found his order suspicious and contacted police.

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