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French police thwart terror plot, seven arrested in Strasbourg and Marseille

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French anti-terrorism police have arrested seven people in Strasbourg and Marseille and thwarted what the interior minister called a new potential attack.

Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, announcing the arrests Monday, said six of the suspects arrested hadn't been known to intelligence services. Cazeneuve said that Sunday's arrests prevented "a terrorist act that had been envisaged for a long time."
Cazeneuve didn't identify the target of the planned attack.
The arrests came five days before the opening of the famed Christmas market in Strasbourg, which attracts tourists from across Europe and was the target of a failed extremist plot in 2000.
Cazeneuve said 43 people have been arrested in November alone as part of anti-terror operations following deadly Islamic State attacks on France over the past two years.
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French' 'police' 'thwart' 'terror' 'plot,' 'seven' 'arrested' 'in' 'Strasbourg' 'and' 'Marseille' '-' 'France' '24

Another large scale terror attack planned against France was thwarted by the French special forces.
Unfortunately these threats always exist, as France is the major target, and cannot always be stopped as they were in this case so it's only a matter of time until the next one.
 
Good job to the French authorities for stopping this one
 
It has been confirmed that they are all Muslims. ;)

They are French, Moroccan, Afghan, and one had immigrated to a neighbor country.

418 people arrested for terrorism in 2016 so far. Pffff!

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Auvergnat said:
It has been confirmed that they are all Muslims. ;)

They are French, Moroccan, Afghan, and one had immigrated to a neighbor country.

418 people arrested for terrorism in 2016 so far. Pffff!

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And most of them were released without charge.
 
zyzygy said:
And most of them were released without charge.
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So were some of those who were arrested yesterday. They were probably released on purpose the first time.
 
Apocalypse said:
French' 'police' 'thwart' 'terror' 'plot,' 'seven' 'arrested' 'in' 'Strasbourg' 'and' 'Marseille' '-' 'France' '24

Another large scale terror attack planned against France was thwarted by the French special forces.
Unfortunately these threats always exist, as France is the major target, and cannot always be stopped as they were in this case so it's only a matter of time until the next one.
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France has a right to decide that enough is enough. Their destiny should be of their own choosing, not at the mercy of guests in their country. It amazes me that France and other Western nations would willfully accept terrorism in exchange for helping less fortunate people. Generosity is commonly mistaken for weakness in some parts of the world and by some cultures.
 
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