Man arrested near Paris with explosives, suspected of planning attack on a store
Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.
The dataset records the arrest near Paris of a man with explosives who it says intended to target a hardware store, citing Le Monde reporting on a wider Russian sabotage campaign. It codes the incident as sabotage (preparation), apparent goal inflict economic damage; disrupt daily life, target public space: Shopping centre / Memorial / Landmark / Company / School, location France; the dataset dates it only to June 2024, so the date shown is the first of the month. The Leiden dataset includes incidents linked to Russia by officials, incidents fitting a pattern of officially suspected attacks, or incidents backed by journalistic evidence, and its authors call the data speculative and subject to change.
- When
- 1 June 2024
- Where
- Paris, France
- What
- sabotage
- Acting party
- Government of Russia
- Attribution
- Attributed by independent sources. Listed as a Russian operation in the Leiden University Russian Operations Against Europe dataset; the dataset links the incident to Russia, citing a source this draft could not open (see gaps).
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · leiden
Sources
History
| When | Field | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC | status | null | reported | P1 leiden: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, "Man arrested near Paris with explosives, suspected of planning attack on a store", ev-20261027-vssc, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-vssc/