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| French police carrying out anti-terror op in northern Paris suburb - officials | French police carrying out anti-terror op in northern Paris suburb - officials |
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| An anti-terrorist operation is currently underway in the Paris suburb of Argenteuil, a police official told Reuters. Special police RAID units are involved in the searches, French media reported. | An anti-terrorist operation is currently underway in the Paris suburb of Argenteuil, a police official told Reuters. Special police RAID units are involved in the searches, French media reported. |
| Some 20 people have been arrested during the searches, iTele reported, adding that police did not find any explosives or arms during the operation. | |
| The operation is not connected to the recent Nice attacks, a justice official told Reuters. | The operation is not connected to the recent Nice attacks, a justice official told Reuters. |
| “Raids are conducted in two locations by DGSI [General Directorate for Internal Security], with the support of the elite RAID [Research, Assistance, Intervention, Deterrence] police officers,” a police source told AFP. | |
| The operation is taking place near the Dassault mosque and Islamic library in the town, French media reported. | |
| Le Parisien newspaper reported that the first search took place on Parc avenue near the mosque and targeted a house where a certain family lived. The second search was in Val Sud neighborhood and also targeted a household. Both zones are currently cordoned off by police. | |
| A helicopter has reportedly been deployed in the area, iTele added. | A helicopter has reportedly been deployed in the area, iTele added. |
| Argenteuil is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, located 12km from the capital. It has a population of about 100,000 residents. | Argenteuil is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, located 12km from the capital. It has a population of about 100,000 residents. |
| It is not the first anti-terrorist operation to be conducted in Argenteuil. In March this year, police arrested Reda Kriket, a terror suspect who was believed to be in the final stages of preparing a new terrorist attack in France and has links to Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a mastermind behind the November 2015 Paris attacks. |