<p>PARIS — Two men and a woman, alleged neo-Nazis, have been arrested in eastern France after investigators uncovered a plan to attack at least one Masonic lodge, French media reported Friday.</p>
<p>The three were being handed over to France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor for possible charges, the reports said. The prosecutor’s office did not immediately respond to queries from The Associated Press on the arrests.</p>
<p>BFMTV reported that a Masonic lodge in the eastern Moselle region was targeted, although it appeared the attack had not gone beyond the planning stage.</p>
<p>The three were among six people arrested Tuesday in the Bas-Rhin and Doubs regions. Three of the six were released. The men being investigated are 29 and 56 years old and the woman was 53, according to French media.</p>
<p>The three, already on the radar of authorities, were arrested because of communications between them and stake-outs of targets, the newspaper Le Monde reported.</p>
<p>In recent years in France, there have been numerous arrests of extreme-right groups, including neo-Nazis. </p>
<p>In 2018, six people were arrested on suspicion of plotting to attack President Emmanuel Macron. Nine members of an ultra-right group calling itself OAS who were arrested in 2017 are awaiting word of when they will go to trial. </p>
<p>Last year, 15 members of a group calling itself Operational Action Forces, allegedly looking to target Muslims, were placed under investigation. </p>
