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French Terror Investigators Find Bomb-Making Materials French Terror Investigators Find Bomb-Making Materials
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PARIS – French police have discovered bomb-making materials and weapons during their continuing investigation into a group of young Islamic radicals arrested on Saturday, Paris Prosecutor François Molins, said in a statement on Wednesday. PARIS — French police have discovered bomb-making materials and weapons during their continuing investigation into a group of young Islamic radicals arrested on Saturday, the Paris prosecutor, François Molins, said in a statement on Wednesday.
“We are clearly and objectively facing an extremely dangerous terrorist cell,” Mr. Molins said in the statement, adding that it was necessary to "avoid the risk of a terrorist attack in France.” “We are clearly and objectively facing an extremely dangerous terrorist cell,” Mr. Molins said in the statement, adding that it was necessary to “avoid the risk of a terrorist attack in France.”
He said that the detention of 12 suspects pending charges would be extended to at least a fifth day.He said that the detention of 12 suspects pending charges would be extended to at least a fifth day.
Police searched buildings and garages overnight in the eastern Paris suburb of Torcy, where two of the suspects were arrested on Saturday, and found “components useful for bomb-making,” a shotgun and a handgun, Mr. Molins said. Among the materials found, he said, were bags of potassium nitrate, sulfur, saltpeter, pressure cookers and headlight bulbs, “all products or instruments useful in the making of what we call improvised explosives,” the statement said. The police searched buildings and garages overnight in the eastern Paris suburb of Torcy, where two of the suspects were arrested on Saturday, and found “components useful for bomb-making,” a shotgun and a handgun, Mr. Molins said. Among the materials found, he said, were bags of potassium nitrate, sulfur, saltpeter, pressure cookers and headlight bulbs, “all products or instruments useful in the making of what we call improvised explosives,” the statement said.
Most of the arrests were made on Saturday in a number of cities across France and police said then that some guns and ammunition had been found. During an arrest on Saturday in Strasbourg, police were fired upon by Jérémie Louis-Sidney, 33, whom they shot dead. His DNA had been found on the remnants of a low-powered grenade that had been used to attack a Jewish kosher market in the Paris suburb of Sarcelles last month. Most of the arrests were made on Saturday in a number of cities across France and the police said then that some guns and ammunition had been found. During an arrest on Saturday in Strasbourg, the police were fired upon by Jérémie Louis-Sidney, 33, whom they shot dead. His DNA had been found on the remnants of a low-powered grenade that had been used to attack a Jewish kosher market in the Paris suburb of Sarcelles last month.
Jewish leaders expressed concern that they are being targeted by Islamic extremists in the wake of mockery of the Prophet Muhammad in an excerpt of a film made in America and in cartoons published in a small French satirical newspaper. Police said on Saturday they had found a list of Jewish institutions in their search of the detainees’s homes. Jewish leaders expressed concern that they are being targeted by Islamic extremists in the wake of mockery of the Prophet Muhammad in an excerpt from a film made in America and in cartoons published in a small French satirical newspaper. The police said on Saturday that they had found a list of Jewish institutions in their search of the detainees’ homes.
President François Hollande has met with both Jewish and Muslim leaders to reassure them and to promise that France would do everything necessary to fight homegrown radicalism, anti-Semitism and terrorism. President François Hollande has met with Jewish and Muslim leaders to reassure them and to promise that France would do everything necessary to fight homegrown radicalism, anti-Semitism and terrorism.
In the worst incident of anti-Jewish violence, three Jewish children and a rabbi were among seven people who were shot dead in of Toulouse in March by Mohammed Merah, 23, who said he was trained and recruited by Al Qaeda. Mr. Hollande’s government introduced legislation last week that would criminalize going abroad for terrorist training and extend police powers to monitor the Internet. In the worst episode of anti-Jewish violence, three Jewish children and a rabbi were among seven people who were shot dead in of Toulouse in March by Mohammed Merah, 23, who said he was trained and recruited by Al Qaeda. Mr. Hollande’s government introduced legislation last week that would criminalize going abroad for terrorist training and extend police powers to monitor the Internet.