French intelligence forced a suspect to plan an attack similar to the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said.

"An individual, who was inspired by 9/11 and the planes destroying the twin towers of the World Trade Center, was arrested by our intelligence agencies," said the Interior Minister. Castaner told France 2 on October 17.

Castaner did not disclose the suspect's identity or details of the intelligence operation, but added that the suspect wanted to hijack the plane to carry out terrorist intent in France.

Castaner said this was the 60th attack plot in France that has been broken since 2013. On October 3, a police IT officer suspected of sympathizing with extremist Islamic elements used a knife to attack the police. a colleague at the Paris police station, killed 3 officers and a female administrative officer. The attacker was destroyed by the police.

According to statistics, more than 230 people have died across France over the past four years due to terrorist attacks, especially the Paris attacks in November 2015. Self-proclaimed Islamic State militants (IS) in Syria linked to elements in France claimed responsibility for this series of attacks. French officials say the threat of similar terrorist attacks is still very high.

9/11 was a series of four terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda on September 11, 2001 on targets in the United States, killing nearly 3,000 people and injuring more than 6,000, causing financial losses. production and infrastructure of at least USD 10 billion, losses estimated at trillions USD.

During the attack, 19 al-Qaeda elements controlled four passenger airplanes of United Airlines and American Airlines to crash into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon, while one fell down. a field in Pennsylvania.