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10 Held in France over Suspected Plot to Attack Politicians, Mosques
[An Nahar] Ten people were tossed in the slammerDrop the rod and step away witcher hands up! in La Belle France on Tuesday over a suspected plot to target mosques and politicians, including a government front man, a source close to the investigation told AFP. The arrests by anti-terror police of suspects aged 17-25 were part of an investigation into far-right activists, the source said. The nine men and one woman are suspected of links to Logan Alexandre Nisin, a former myrmidon of the far-right group Action Francaise Provence who was arrested in June, the source said. Another source named the targeted politicians as government front man Christophe Castaner and radical left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon. The suspects, taken into custody for "association with terrorist wrongdoers," were also thought to be plotting to target "They were only in the earliest planning stages," one source said. A 21-year-old former Action Francaise member was charged in July after making threatening posts on social networks against Nisin was arrested near Marseille on June 28 after posting that he planned to attack blacks, jihadists, Local prosecutors took up the case initially before the anti-terror prosecutors took it over. One of the probe sources said Sherlocks had determined that Nisin, who possessed arms and practiced shooting, had the intention of following through with his threats. Posted by: Fred 2017-10-18 |
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