Biodun Iginla, BBC News

Biodun Iginla, BBC News

Sunday, June 24, 2018

France arrests 10 ultra-right suspects over plot to attack Muslims


    by Natalie de Vallieres and Biodun Iginla, France24, Paris


      © AFP/File | The arrests were made in operations across France, according to judicial sources

      PARIS  - 
      Ten people with links to the radical far-right have been arrested by anti-terrorist police in France over an alleged plot to attack Muslims, judical sources said Sunday.
      The arrests were made Saturday in operations across France but mainly on the Mediterranean island of Corsica, the sources told us at France24. 
      The suspects had an "plan to commit a violent act targeting people of the Muslim faith," one source close to the probe said.
      Another source said the gang was looking to hit "targets linked to radical Islam".
      France has been hit by a string of jihadist attacks since early 2015, often by people who have become radicalised or claim to have acted in the name of the Islamic State group.
      More than 240 people have been killed in the attacks, including 130 who lost their lives in a wave of bombings and shootings in November 2015.

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