French police arrests ten far-right militants

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Tue, 17 Oct 2017 - 04:48 GMT

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Tue, 17 Oct 2017 - 04:48 GMT

French riot police take position as part of a demonstration by dockers during the inauguration of the first French offshore floating wind turbine, Floatgen, in the port of Saint-Nazaire, France, October 13, 2017. REUTERS

French riot police take position as part of a demonstration by dockers during the inauguration of the first French offshore floating wind turbine, Floatgen, in the port of Saint-Nazaire, France, October 13, 2017. REUTERS

PARIS – 17 October 2017: French anti-terrorist police have arrested 10 far-right militants, a court official said on Tuesday.

The offical declined to detail why the men were arrested, but TV station M6 said that the 10 were suspected of planning attacks on French politicians and on Muslim places of worship.

It addded that the men, aged between 17 and 25, were arrested in Seine-Saint-Denis, north of Paris, and in the Mediterranean port city of Marseille.

More than 230 people have been killed in attacks by Islamist militants in France over the past three years and the country has been under a state of emergency since late 2015, following an attack on Paris in November 2015.

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