The plan was first to shoot down the police officers stationed outside the building in Uccle, then to drop a van “packed with explosives” against the site.

A fifth person was charged in France last Friday with planning to attack the Israeli embassy in Belgium last year, according to media reports.

The person is the elder sister of a teenager previously indicted in this case.

The investigation began in June 2023, following the discovery of conversations between several teenagers, including a 15-year-old from the Indre-et-Loire department in central France, who was seen as the ringleader.

The plan was to carry out a “violent action” against the Israeli embassy in Brussels.

The plan was first to shoot down the police officers stationed outside the building in the Brussels municipality of Uccle, then to drop a van “packed with explosives” against the site. Before executing the surviving civilians”, reported daily Le Parisien at the time, one of the first media to refer to the case, last October.

The young woman, aged 20, was charged of association of with in view of preparing one or several crimes against people. She is said to have provided the recipe for making explosives and contributed to her brother’s radicalization.

According to the investigation, “preparatory acts” dated from April 2023 onwards. Two teenagers, described as “fascinated” by jihadist ideology, made explosive devices and filmed themselves testing them.

As quoted by Le Parisien, one message sent between the teens read: “Our goal is to terrorise the Jews.” The teens said that they specifically wanted to target Israeli embassy workers. “Blood must be shed as much as possible,” another message read.