Three women accused of being part of an ISIS cell that was planning imminent attacks in France will remain in custody after a judge confirmed preliminary charges of terrorism, Paris prosecutors said on Tuesday.
The three women were charged with criminal terrorist association linked to the discovery of an abandoned car filled with gas cylinders near Notre Dame Cathedral, and to another pending attack, the prosecutors' office said.
The women identified as Ines M, 19, Sarah H, 23, and Amel S, 39, were arrested last Thursday south-east of Paris in a police operation during which two of them were accused of attacking police officers with knives. Ines M and Sarah H were also charged with attempted terrorist murders of public officers and Amel S with being an accomplice to those attempts, the office said.
