Minister warns of rising threat 10 years after Charlie Hebdo terror attack

The threat of a terrorist attack on France is being fuelled by social media and has never been greater, the country's interior minister has said 10 years after gunmen killed 12 people in an attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine.

- Kim Willsher

Speaking on the anniversary of the massacre at the magazine's offices, Bruno Retailleau said French intelligence had foiled nine planned attacks last year - three targeting the Olympic Games. Retailleau said it was the largest number of prevented attacks since 2017. The threat, he said, came from youngsters radicalised by social media and increasingly collaborating with foreign groups.