In a joint swoop security service agents in France, Germany and the Netherlands have arrested ten terror suspects accused of funding Islamist extremists linked to al-Qaeda.
The broadcaster "France Info" says a year-long probe led to eight arrests in France's eastern city of Mulhouse and the Rhone region by the French agency DST. All are reportedly Turkish nationals or of Turkish origin. A nineth suspect was arrested in the Dutch town of Tilburg. The tenth was arrested in Weil am Rhein, a German town bordering France's English lyric Eurovision song sparks row ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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