Paris attacks: Girls quizzed over 'Bataclan-style plot'
12 March 2016
French authorities have opened a criminal investigation into two teenage girls suspected of planning an attack similar to the one on the Bataclan concert hall in Paris in November.
The girls, aged 15 and 17, had been exchanging messages on Facebook about the planned assault, police said.
Both girls appeared before an anti-terrorism judge on Friday.
Prosecutors said the alleged plan had been at an early stage and that neither weapons nor explosives had been found.
The Paris prosecutor's office said the 15-year-old would remain in custody while the 17-year-old would be released under judicial supervision.
The girls, who have not been named, were arrested on Wednesday by counter-terrorism agents.
They are suspected of criminal conspiracy in connection with a terrorist undertaking, prosecutors said.
Two other girls have been questioned by police and released.
Paris attacks: Girls quizzed over 'Bataclan-style plot' - BBC News