Friday, June 19, 2015

French intel: 1,730 potential ISIS suicide bombers 'ready to strike' France

(ANSAmed) - PARIS, JUNE 18 - France's intelligence fears new attacks in the country carried out by French suicide bombers, Le Figaro reports, quoting an investigation by national authorities. According to the probe, ''1,730 potential jihadists (are) ready to strike'' while keeping in detention French nationals who have returned from fighting a ''holy war'' appears increasingly difficult.

Meanwhile, according to Le Parisien, two men were apprehended yesterday and the day before yesterday in a Parisian banlieu as part of investigations on the attacks on Charlie Hebdo and the Hyper Cacher.