A suspect in plotting a terrorist attack in the United States was detained in France.

French police detained a 22-year-old Afghan citizen as part of a case of preparing a terrorist attack in the United States during the presidential elections in November, it became known from a statement by the French national anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office.

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“French police have detained a 22-year-old Afghan man with ties to a compatriot in the US who is suspected of planning an election day attack,” the statement said.

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It is noted that a man detained in France is suspected of supporting IS.

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It became known that the Afghan detained in France may be the brother of a compatriot detained in the United States, but prosecutors were unable to confirm this information.

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Initially, three people were detained in the case in southwest France, but two of them were later released.

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On Wednesday, the US Department of Justice said that an Afghan man living in the US state of Oklahoma was arrested for planning a terrorist attack on behalf of the Islamic State on Election Day on November 5.