Four arrested during counter-terrorism operation in France

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Four arrested during counter-terrorism operation in France



PARIS: -- Four people have been arrested in Paris as part of a wider investigation into a possible plot to stage an attack in France.

Three men and a woman were reportedly arrested at dawn in the 18th district of the city and the nearby region of Seine-Saint-Denis on the suspicion they were planning an attack.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve says officials have information suggesting violent attacks were being put together in France.

“We think there could have been contact with people in Syria and members of Islamic State,” he said.

Officers say at least one of those arrested, a 28-year-old French national, has been living under house arrest since last month, under new rules imposed after the November attacks in France.

His partner has also been arrested, along with two French brothers of Turkish origin.


-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2016-03-17

[Ulic]

Arrested for planning an attack while under house arrest because of the Paris attack.

Talk about giving a guy enough rope to hang himself. A ballzy move. Let a guy know

he is under scrutiny, leave him at home under house arrest, and he is arrested

subsequently for planning an attack. I wonder how much extra information they

got on others as he planned this attack.

[sunnyjim5]

It is those working in/for the security services that a have sympathy with.

The security services are expected to maintain public safety while politicians ensure thousands more potentially dangerous people are allowed into Europe on a daily basis.

There will be more terrorist outrages and it is the politicians who should be held to account.