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| Paris attacks: Geneva alert raised amid suspect hunt | Paris attacks: Geneva alert raised amid suspect hunt |
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| Police have raised the alert level in Geneva, saying they are hunting for suspects as part of the Europe-wide investigation into the Paris attacks. | Police have raised the alert level in Geneva, saying they are hunting for suspects as part of the Europe-wide investigation into the Paris attacks. |
| They said they were acting on information of suspicious individuals thought to be in the city or the area. | They said they were acting on information of suspicious individuals thought to be in the city or the area. |
| Investigations were being carried out to "locate and arrest these individuals", a statement said. | Investigations were being carried out to "locate and arrest these individuals", a statement said. |
| Islamic State militants said they carried out the 13 November attacks on multiple locations, killing 130 people. | Islamic State militants said they carried out the 13 November attacks on multiple locations, killing 130 people. |
| Investigations have been launched in several European countries, with one man involved in the attacks - Salah Abdeslam - still on the run, and others found to have travelled to France posing as refugees. | |
| The Swiss statement gave few details on the suspects. It is not clear if they are directly related to the Paris attacks. | |
| Security guards holding sub-machine guns were seen stationed outside the UN office in Geneva, near an entrance for cars. | Security guards holding sub-machine guns were seen stationed outside the UN office in Geneva, near an entrance for cars. |
| One of the security guards told Reuters the authorities were looking for "four guys" in the area. | One of the security guards told Reuters the authorities were looking for "four guys" in the area. |
| Limits to alert: Imogen Foulkes, BBC News, Geneva | |
| The number of police on the streets of Geneva has been increased, so too has their level of alert. | |
| The border with France runs through the outskirts of Geneva and Switzerland is in the Schengen passport-free zone, so the borders are open. | |
| Security at the frontiers was stepped up in the wake of the Paris attacks, as well as at the UN where the world's senior diplomats regularly meet. | |
| But tens of thousands of people cross the Geneva border every day, and checking every car is unlikely to be possible. | |
| In a further development, Belgian police searched three properties in connection with the attacks, the prosecutor's office said. | |
| This week details emerged of a failed Greek operation to capture a suspected ringleader of the Paris terror attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud. | This week details emerged of a failed Greek operation to capture a suspected ringleader of the Paris terror attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud. |
| Greek authorities planned to capture Abaaoud in January, when he had been directing a Belgian terror cell from Athens, the BBC has learned. | Greek authorities planned to capture Abaaoud in January, when he had been directing a Belgian terror cell from Athens, the BBC has learned. |