Foiled Terror Plot During Paris Olympics

French security authorities have foiled a plan to attack soccer events during the Paris Olympics. An 18-year-old man from Chechnya was arrested on May 22 on suspicion of orchestrating the plan. The Paris Olympics, scheduled from July 26 to August 11, will feature soccer matches across France.

The French interior minister said Friday that security authorities have foiled a plan to attack soccer events during the Paris Olympics.

Gerald Darmanin said in a statement that an 18-year-old man from Chechnya was arrested on May 22 on suspicion of being behind a plan to attack soccer events that will be held in the city of Saint-Etienne, southwest of Lyon.

The Paris Olympics will run from July 26-Aug 11. Soccer matches will take place in cities across France before the final in Paris' Stade de France.