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| Geneva on maximum alert in hunt for four Paris attack suspects | Geneva on maximum alert in hunt for four Paris attack suspects |
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| Geneva security officials have said they have raised the alert level in the city and are looking for suspects in connection with investigations into the Paris attacks on 13 November. | Geneva security officials have said they have raised the alert level in the city and are looking for suspects in connection with investigations into the Paris attacks on 13 November. |
| A security guard at the United Nations in Geneva, which is close to the French border, said on Thursday Swiss authorities were searching for four people believed to be in the city or nearby. Another guard said the UN compound was on maximum alert. | A security guard at the United Nations in Geneva, which is close to the French border, said on Thursday Swiss authorities were searching for four people believed to be in the city or nearby. Another guard said the UN compound was on maximum alert. |
| In a statement, the Geneva department of security said: “In the framework of investigations carried out following the Paris attacks, at the international and national level, Geneva police and their partners are actively looking for people whose description has been provided by the Swiss Confederation.” | In a statement, the Geneva department of security said: “In the framework of investigations carried out following the Paris attacks, at the international and national level, Geneva police and their partners are actively looking for people whose description has been provided by the Swiss Confederation.” |
| Related: The men who attacked Paris: profile of a terror cell | Related: The men who attacked Paris: profile of a terror cell |
| Islamic State claimed responsibility for the shooting and bomb attacks which killed 130 people in Paris on 13 November. Police in several European countries are still searching for individuals believed to have been involved in the attacks or in their planning. | Islamic State claimed responsibility for the shooting and bomb attacks which killed 130 people in Paris on 13 November. Police in several European countries are still searching for individuals believed to have been involved in the attacks or in their planning. |
| It was not immediately clear from the Geneva statement, however, whether the suspects were directly linked to the Paris attacks. A Geneva spokeswoman said she had no further comment | It was not immediately clear from the Geneva statement, however, whether the suspects were directly linked to the Paris attacks. A Geneva spokeswoman said she had no further comment |
| UN security guards in Geneva, the European headquarters of the world body, were stationed with MP5 submachine guns at entry points for cars, a highly unusual measure at the sprawling complex near the French border. | UN security guards in Geneva, the European headquarters of the world body, were stationed with MP5 submachine guns at entry points for cars, a highly unusual measure at the sprawling complex near the French border. |
| A second UN guard told Reuters: “It is maximum alert.” | A second UN guard told Reuters: “It is maximum alert.” |
| Swiss and French officials say they have been working closely together since the Paris attacks. | Swiss and French officials say they have been working closely together since the Paris attacks. |
| In an interview days after the attacks, Virginie Perrey, France’s security attache in Switzerland, based in the capital, Berne, told French-speaking Swiss TV: “That same evening the [Swiss] federal police called me and two security officers were detached, who left for the Swiss embassy in Paris to bring assistance. Obviously information was exchanged immediately.” |