Man arrested in Paris for allegedly planning terror attack

A judicial investigation was opened on Monday into a 27-year-old Tunisian man.

ByAicha El Hammar Castano, Hugo Leenhardt, Josh Margolin and Victoria BeauleABCNews logo
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 11:37AM
ABC News Live

PARIS -- A man was arrested in France for allegedly planning a terror attack that may have sought to target the Louvre Museum in Paris, according to the French Interior Ministry and prosecutors in Paris.

People queue to enter the Louvre museum in Paris, Wednesday Feb. 25, 2026.
People queue to enter the Louvre museum in Paris, Wednesday Feb. 25, 2026.
AP Photo/Thomas Padilla

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