France terror raids net 20 suspects, say police

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Source: The Guardian

French elite police have arrested around 20 people in early morning raids in suspected Islamist militant circles on Friday in several cities including Toulouse, scene of this month's killings of soldiers and Jewish children, a police source said.

The arrests in Toulouse in the south-west, Nantes and Le Mans in western France, and in the Paris region, were carried out by the Raid police commando unit, the source said.

The raids come just over a week after police from the same unit hunted down and killed Mohamed Merah and less than a month from a presidential election.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/30/france-raids-terror-suspects-toulouse

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