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Naseeruddin Shah, Prashant Bhushan Among 100 To Condemn France Attacks
More than 100 prominent Indian citizens - including actor Naseeruddin shah, poet Javed Akhtar and distinguished former police officer Julio Ribeiro - have condemned the France terror attacks and "outrageous" statements by Muslim leaders
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France Prevented 9/11-Inspired Plane Hijack, Suspect Arrested: Minister
French intelligence officers foiled a terror plot inspired by the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York City, France Interior Ministry said on Thursday
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France Says Suspected Terror Attack Foiled
Police in France have foiled a suspected terror attack and arrested two brothers of Egyptian origin, French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said on Friday.
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2 Women Killed In France Train Station Knife Attack, Attacker Shot Dead
The French army shot dead a man on Sunday after he killed a person with a knife at Marseille's main train station in southern France, a police source said
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200 Residents Evacuated After Car Found With Gas Cylinders In French City
Nearly 200 residents of a wealthy suburb of the northern French city of Lille were evacuated Saturday night after five gas cylinders were found in a car, police said, while playing down the likelihood of it being terrorist-related
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French PM Manuel Valls Warns Of More Terror Attacks
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has warned the country of more terror attacks in the days to come, saying that some 15,000 people are in the process of radicalization in France and on police radar, while 1,400 are under investigation.
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Paris Terror Strikes Were 'Optimised Mumbai-Style Attacks': United Nations
ISIS terrorists had "studied" the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack and similar "active shooter scenarios" to maximise confusion and casualties before hitting multiple locations in Paris in November, UN member-states have said.
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'He Held Gun To My Neck': France Church Attack Hostage Details Horror
More horrifying details emerged on Wednesday about an attack on a French village church even as the country's main religious leaders sent a message of unity and solidarity after meeting with President Francois Hollande in Paris.
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ISIS Claims Responsibility For France Church Attack That Killed 85-Year-Old Priest
The ISIS crossed a new threshold on Tuesday in its war against the West, as two of its followers targeted a church in Normandy, slitting the throat of an elderly priest celebrating Mass and using hostages as human shields before being shot by police.
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French Church Attacker Had Tried To Reach Syria, Was Monitored
One of the two knife-wielding men who attacked a church in France on Tuesday has been named as 19-year-old Adel Kermiche, who was under close surveillance after two failed attempts to reach Syria last year, France's anti-terrorism prosecutor said.
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Nice Attack: Man Halts Killer's Rampage By Jumping Into The Truck
A heroic member of the public halted the truck involved in the Nice terror attack -- in which 84 persons were confirmed dead -- by leaping into the vehicle, wrestling with the driver and seizing his revolver, giving the police time to arrive at the spot and shoot the driver dead, a media report said.
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Tunisian-Born Man At Wheel In Deadly Truck Rampage In Nice, Police Say
A Tunisian-born emigre with a record of petty crime was behind the wheel of a truck that barreled into Bastille Day revelers and claimed at least 84 lives over a mile-long path of horror, a police official said Friday, as investigators explored possible links to Islamist militant networks.
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Nice Terror Attack: France Extends State Of Emergency By 3 Months
French President Francois Hollande said today that the state of emergency in the country has been extended by three months after an attacker killed 80 people and injured several others in the city of Nice, when he drove a truck into a crowded area.
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In Nice Truck Used To Plough Into Crowd, Guns, Other Weapons Found
At least 84 people have been killed after a truck slammed into a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day in the southern French city of Nice.
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84 Killed As Truck Ploughs Through Crowd In Nice; Terrorist Act, Says France
A truck smashed into a crowd in the French resort of Nice, killing at least 84 people in what President Francois Hollande on Friday called a "terrorist" attack on revellers enjoying a Bastille Day fireworks display.
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Naseeruddin Shah, Prashant Bhushan Among 100 To Condemn France Attacks
More than 100 prominent Indian citizens - including actor Naseeruddin shah, poet Javed Akhtar and distinguished former police officer Julio Ribeiro - have condemned the France terror attacks and "outrageous" statements by Muslim leaders
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France Prevented 9/11-Inspired Plane Hijack, Suspect Arrested: Minister
French intelligence officers foiled a terror plot inspired by the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York City, France Interior Ministry said on Thursday
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France Says Suspected Terror Attack Foiled
Police in France have foiled a suspected terror attack and arrested two brothers of Egyptian origin, French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said on Friday.
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2 Women Killed In France Train Station Knife Attack, Attacker Shot Dead
The French army shot dead a man on Sunday after he killed a person with a knife at Marseille's main train station in southern France, a police source said
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200 Residents Evacuated After Car Found With Gas Cylinders In French City
Nearly 200 residents of a wealthy suburb of the northern French city of Lille were evacuated Saturday night after five gas cylinders were found in a car, police said, while playing down the likelihood of it being terrorist-related
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French PM Manuel Valls Warns Of More Terror Attacks
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has warned the country of more terror attacks in the days to come, saying that some 15,000 people are in the process of radicalization in France and on police radar, while 1,400 are under investigation.
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Paris Terror Strikes Were 'Optimised Mumbai-Style Attacks': United Nations
ISIS terrorists had "studied" the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack and similar "active shooter scenarios" to maximise confusion and casualties before hitting multiple locations in Paris in November, UN member-states have said.
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'He Held Gun To My Neck': France Church Attack Hostage Details Horror
More horrifying details emerged on Wednesday about an attack on a French village church even as the country's main religious leaders sent a message of unity and solidarity after meeting with President Francois Hollande in Paris.
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ISIS Claims Responsibility For France Church Attack That Killed 85-Year-Old Priest
The ISIS crossed a new threshold on Tuesday in its war against the West, as two of its followers targeted a church in Normandy, slitting the throat of an elderly priest celebrating Mass and using hostages as human shields before being shot by police.
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French Church Attacker Had Tried To Reach Syria, Was Monitored
One of the two knife-wielding men who attacked a church in France on Tuesday has been named as 19-year-old Adel Kermiche, who was under close surveillance after two failed attempts to reach Syria last year, France's anti-terrorism prosecutor said.
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Nice Attack: Man Halts Killer's Rampage By Jumping Into The Truck
A heroic member of the public halted the truck involved in the Nice terror attack -- in which 84 persons were confirmed dead -- by leaping into the vehicle, wrestling with the driver and seizing his revolver, giving the police time to arrive at the spot and shoot the driver dead, a media report said.
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Tunisian-Born Man At Wheel In Deadly Truck Rampage In Nice, Police Say
A Tunisian-born emigre with a record of petty crime was behind the wheel of a truck that barreled into Bastille Day revelers and claimed at least 84 lives over a mile-long path of horror, a police official said Friday, as investigators explored possible links to Islamist militant networks.
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Nice Terror Attack: France Extends State Of Emergency By 3 Months
French President Francois Hollande said today that the state of emergency in the country has been extended by three months after an attacker killed 80 people and injured several others in the city of Nice, when he drove a truck into a crowded area.
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In Nice Truck Used To Plough Into Crowd, Guns, Other Weapons Found
At least 84 people have been killed after a truck slammed into a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day in the southern French city of Nice.
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84 Killed As Truck Ploughs Through Crowd In Nice; Terrorist Act, Says France
A truck smashed into a crowd in the French resort of Nice, killing at least 84 people in what President Francois Hollande on Friday called a "terrorist" attack on revellers enjoying a Bastille Day fireworks display.
