27 July 2018•Update: 28 July 2018
By Yusuf Ozcan
PARIS
France has launched an investigation into three suspects over a terrorist plot to attack Muslims thwarted last month, French media reported on Friday.
According to French daily Le Figaro, the suspects -- two men and one woman-- were arrested on Monday by the Internal Security Directorate and are accused of plotting attacks on Muslims.
Last month, French prosecutors charged 10 far-right extremists with criminal terrorist conspiracy over the terrorist plot to attack Muslims.
Rifles, handguns, homemade grenades and items used in the manufacture of TATP explosives were found during raids in the Paris area, the Mediterranean island of Corsica, and the western Charentes-Maritimes region.
The 10 are believed to be part of a radical right-wing group called Operational Forces Action or AFO, which works to incite French people to combat Muslims, calling them "the enemy within."
On its website "Guerre de France" (War for France), the AFO says that it is training French "soldier-citizens" for a fight on French territory.
France is home to an estimated 5.7 million Muslims, almost 9 percent of the population, according to a report late last year by U.S.-based think-tank the Pew Research Center.
