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| Five held in Paris for questioning in shoe-boomer probe |
| 2002-06-13 |
| French police detained five people for questioning in the Paris area Wednesday as part of the investigation into suspected shoe-bomber Richard C. Reid. Two of those being held are Pakistani and the other three are French of North African origin, police said. The arrests were made in the town of Mantes-la-Jolie, west of the capital, and Evry to the south. Police searching their homes and other buildings in a sweep early Wednesday also seized three riot-control weapons, computers, mobile telephones and documents which they described as "Islamist propaganda." Anti-terrorist judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere is heading the French investigation into Reid's alleged support network among Islamic militants. Three "riot-control weapons"? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |