Trappes ( French: [tʁap] ) is a commune in the Yvelines department , Île-de-France region , Northern France . It is a banlieue located in the western outer suburbs of Paris , 26.7 km (16.6 mi) from the centre of Paris , part of the new town of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines .
3-597: Trappes is served by Trappes station on the Transilien La Défense and Transilien Paris-Montparnasse suburban rail lines. The suburb is known for gang violence and poverty . It also has Islamists among its large Muslim population, with 70 local people suspected of having left France to fight for the Islamic State , according to several sources. According to the French government, 67 people from Trappes have joined
6-534: A knife in Trappes on August 23, 2018. Amaq News Agency claimed responsibility on behalf of the Islamic State. However, French interior minister Gérard Collomb stated he was a man with mental health issues, rather than someone inspired by the organisation. There are 36 municipal preschools and primary schools in Trappes. The community has three junior high schools: Senior high schools/sixth form colleges: Trappes
9-450: The Islamic State, and others have carried out attacks inside France. In July 2013, Trappes police station was attacked by a mob of French Muslims in response to the arrest of a man who had assaulted a police officer during an identity check on his entirely veiled wife (face covering is illegal in France). A man on the terrorism watch list of the French police, killed his mother and sister with
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