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French police stage another 128 night raids

France stepped up its probe into the country's worst-ever terror in the early hours of Tuesday by carrying out over 100 raids on homes and properties across the country.

Published: 17 November 2015 08:34 CET
French police stage another 128 night raids
Police in Strasbourg stage a raid on a property. Photo: AFP

French police staged 128 raids in the early hours of Tuesday, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said.

The raids follow similar action on Sunday night which saw police carry out 168 raids in towns and cities across the country.

During that operation authorities had made 23 arrests and seized 31 weapons including a rocket launcher.

 

The raids overnight on Monday took place in Reims, Toulouse and in Strasbourg as well as other cities, with the interior ministry due to release more details later in the day.

They were carried out as part of France's ongoing state of emergency, which has given the police greater powers to take action.

It is believed the raids were not solely linked to Islamic extremism, but also drug and arms trafficking.

 

Meanwhile the hunt for the Salah Abdeslam – the man considered by French police to be the eighth attacker,  goes on.

However on Tuesday morning PM Manuel Valls admitted that the French authorities don't know yet how many people may have been involved in Friday's attacks.

Speaking on France Inter radio Valls said “we still don't have a clear vision of the events, including the number of people involved”.

Authorities are also hunting for Abdelhamid Abaaoud, who is now widely considered to be the commander of the attacks in Paris.

 

 

 

TERRORISM

Italian police arrest Algerian wanted for alleged IS ties

Police in Milan said on Thursday they had arrested a 37-year-old Algerian man in the subway, later discovering he was wanted for alleged ties to Islamic State.

Published: 9 November 2023 15:18 CET
Italian police arrest Algerian wanted for alleged IS ties

When stopped by police officers for a routine check, the man became “particularly aggressive”, said police in Milan, who added the arrest took place “in recent days”.

He was “repeatedly shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ while attempting to grab from his backpack an object that turned out to be a knife with a blade more than 12cm (nearly five inches) long,” they said in a statement.

The man was later found to be wanted by authorities in Algeria, suspected since 2015 of belonging to “Islamic State militias and employed in the Syrian-Iraqi theatre of war,” police said.

Police said the suspect was unknown to Italian authorities.

The man is currently in Milan’s San Vittore prison and awaiting extradition, they added.

Jihadist group IS proclaimed a “caliphate” in 2014 across swathes of Syria and Iraq, launching a reign of terror that continues with hit-and-run attacks and ambushes.

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