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Geneva Raises Level of Alert in Hunt for Paris Attack Suspects Geneva Raises Level of Alert in Hunt for Paris Attack Suspects
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GENEVA — The authorities in Geneva raised the city’s level of alert and deployed extra police on Thursday as they hunted for individuals who they said may be linked to the terrorist attacks last month in Paris. GENEVA — The authorities in Geneva raised the city’s level of alert and deployed extra police on Thursday in an apparent search for individuals who they said may be linked to the terrorist attacks last month in Paris.
The Geneva security office said that “as part of the investigations following the Paris attacks,” it had been notified by the federal authorities that “suspicious individuals” may be in the city or surrounding areas. The Geneva office of security said that “as part of the investigations following the Paris attacks,” it had been notified by the federal authorities that “suspicious individuals” may be in the city or surrounding areas.
On the basis of that information, the Geneva police had increased the alert level and were conducting investigations “in collaboration with national and international services,” the office said. On the basis of that information, the Geneva police increased the alert level and were conducting investigations “in collaboration with national and international services,” the office said.
A spokeswoman for the Swiss federal police later told Reuters, however, that they had no information connecting the alert to a series of coordinated assaults in and around Paris on Nov. 13, in which 130 people were killed.
Signs of the extra security precautions were visible, as guards equipped with submachine guns took up positions at the entrance to the United Nations office in Geneva.Signs of the extra security precautions were visible, as guards equipped with submachine guns took up positions at the entrance to the United Nations office in Geneva.
The alert came as the city prepared for trilateral talks on Syria between senior American, Russian officials and the United Nations special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, on Friday. The alert came as the city prepared for talks on Syria between senior American and Russian officials, as well as the United Nations special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, on Friday.
The United States undersecretary of state, Anne W. Patterson, who heads the State Department’s Near East Department, will attend what diplomats said would be low-key consultations to prepare for further multilateral discussions. The United States undersecretary of state for the Near East, Anne W. Patterson, will attend the talks, which diplomats said would be low-key consultations to prepare for further multilateral discussions.
Separately, the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgium said on Thursday that it conducted three searches in and around Brussels, a home in the suburb of Laeken, a house in the Schaerbeek district and a warehouse in the Anderlecht district. Separately, the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgium said on Thursday that it conducted three searches in and around Brussels: at a home in the suburb of Laeken, a house in the Schaerbeek district and a warehouse in the Anderlecht district.
No one was arrested, and no arms or explosives were found, the prosecutor’s office said. Belgium has emerged as a key part of the investigation into the Paris attacks. No one was arrested, and no arms or explosives were found, the prosecutor’s office said. Belgium has emerged as a crucial part of the investigation into the Paris attacks.