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| Paris terror attack: French police arrest four on suspicion of carrying out imminent assault | Paris terror attack: French police arrest four on suspicion of carrying out imminent assault |
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| Police have arrested four people suspected of planning an “imminent” terror attack in central Paris, according to French media reports. | Police have arrested four people suspected of planning an “imminent” terror attack in central Paris, according to French media reports. |
| According to France’s TF1, two of the suspects were French brothers of Tunisian origin. | According to France’s TF1, two of the suspects were French brothers of Tunisian origin. |
| The arrests took place this morning, it was reported, in the 18th arrondissement – the location of an attack on a police station in early January, and the 93rd – the department of Saint-Denis, where a long siege ended in the death of the Paris attacks “mastermind” last year. | The arrests took place this morning, it was reported, in the 18th arrondissement – the location of an attack on a police station in early January, and the 93rd – the department of Saint-Denis, where a long siege ended in the death of the Paris attacks “mastermind” last year. |
| There has been no official comment from French officials over Wednesday's arrests. | |
| The French capital remains on high alert after jihadists massacred 130 people in November 2015, in a number of suicide bombings and mass shooting at cafes, restaurants and the Bataclan concert hall near Place de la République. | |
| On Tuesday, a man was shot dead during an anti-terror raid, in Brussels, Belgium, linked to the investigation into the deadly shootings and bombings last year. | |
| The man, who has been identified as an Algerian national called Mohammed Belkaid, was killed after opening fire on police during the raid on his apartment in the suburb of Forest. It is understood that he was 35 years old and did not have a criminal record beyond one case of robbery. | |
| An Islamic State flag and jihadist manual were found next to the dead terror suspect. | |
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