Prisca Thévenot announced that an “attempt to take action” had been foiled last weekend, before those around her retracted her statements.
This Wednesday, April 3, 2024, during the report of the Council of Ministers, government spokesperson Prisca Thévenot announced that an “attempt to take action” was foiled during the Easter weekend. Which was ultimately not the case. A few minutes later, the minister’s entourage announced that “no attack had been foiled.” Return to a blunder which will not fail to irritate the Elysée.
“Sorry if I wasn’t clearer.”
“Thanks to this mobilization – that of 13,500 law enforcement officers – we were able to put a stop to an attempt to take action,” she indicated this Wednesday. When responding to journalists, she also clarified that she “does not, at this precise moment, have the details” of the famous foiled attack attempt. It was only a few minutes later that those around him revealed the truth about this story by affirming that no attack had been foiled a few days earlier.
According to the government spokesperson’s entourage, the latter was referring to the statement “by the Ministry of the Interior and Overseas this weekend which announced the arrest of an individual at the beginning of March who wanted to ‘attack places of worship’. As a reminder, this real attempt was foiled on March 5, 2024. “Sorry if I was not clearer. I realized this while waiting for your various questions” she explained to the press. In France, the vigipirate plan was raised to the “emergency attack” level, the highest level, after the attack suffered by Russia, the death toll of which was more than 140.