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French Church Attacker Tests Positive For COVID-19
The Tunisian assailant who killed three people at a church in France has tested positive for Covid-19, which could further delay his questioning, a source close to the inquiry said Tuesday.
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France Makes New Arrests Over Nice Church Attack
French police have made two new arrests in the probe into an attack on a church in the southern city of Nice that left three dead, as authorities seek to understand the profile of the suspected killer, judicial sources said on Sunday.
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French Teacher's Killer Contacted Parent Angry Over Prophet Caricatures: Report
The man who beheaded French teacher Samuel Paty for showing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed to his pupils, was in contact beforehand with a parent who had launched an online campaign against the teacher, police sources said Tuesday.
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French Police Find Explosives At Home Of Man On Security Watchlist
French police have arrested a 23-year-old cab driver after finding explosives at his home in the Seine-et-Marne district southeast of Paris, government spokesman Stephane Le Foll said on Tuesday.
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Ukraine Arrests Frenchman 'Planning Euro 2016 Attacks'
Ukraine's security service said today it had arrested a Frenchman who was allegedly planning to stage 15 terror attacks before and during the Euro 2016 football championship that starts in France later this week.
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French Prosecutor Confirms Terrorist Motive, Islamic State Link to Factory Beheading
A French prosecutor confirmed today that the man who beheaded his boss and tried to blow up a gas factory in Lyon had a "terrorist motive" and links to the Islamic State group in Syria.
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French Attacker Denies Religious Aim, Motivations Murky
A man who beheaded his boss in France has denied any religious motivation, investigative sources said today, muddying efforts to pin down the reasons for an attack which bore the hallmarks of a Jihadist act.
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French Attack Suspect: Lone Wolf Islamist or 'Guy Who Flipped'?
Even as French investigators piece together a clearer picture of events that led on Friday to the beheading of a transport firm manager and attempted destruction of a chemicals plant, the real motivation of the chief suspect remains elusive.
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French Attack Suspect Grilled as Gruesome 'Selfie' Emerges
French police questioned a suspected Islamist Saturday about an attack in which the man displayed his boss's severed head, as it emerged he may have sent a "selfie" of the decapitation.
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'Wolf in Sheep's Clothing': Suspect in French Attack
Yassin Salhi was a quiet man with a job, a family and no criminal record before he allegedly launched a grisly assault at an industrial gas factory in France and pinned his boss's severed head to the fence on Friday.
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Family of Slain Jihadist Amedy Coulibaly Condemns French Attacks
The mother and sisters of slain jihadist Amedy Coulibaly condemned his attacks France, offering their "sincere condolences" to the families of the victims, according to a statement sent to AFP on Saturday.
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US Warns of Global 'Terror' Threat After French Attacks
The United States on Friday warned Americans to beware "terrorist actions and violence" all over the world Friday, following the attacks on the Charlie Hebdo magazine and a Jewish supermarket in Paris.
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French Church Attacker Tests Positive For COVID-19
The Tunisian assailant who killed three people at a church in France has tested positive for Covid-19, which could further delay his questioning, a source close to the inquiry said Tuesday.
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France Makes New Arrests Over Nice Church Attack
French police have made two new arrests in the probe into an attack on a church in the southern city of Nice that left three dead, as authorities seek to understand the profile of the suspected killer, judicial sources said on Sunday.
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French Teacher's Killer Contacted Parent Angry Over Prophet Caricatures: Report
The man who beheaded French teacher Samuel Paty for showing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed to his pupils, was in contact beforehand with a parent who had launched an online campaign against the teacher, police sources said Tuesday.
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French Police Find Explosives At Home Of Man On Security Watchlist
French police have arrested a 23-year-old cab driver after finding explosives at his home in the Seine-et-Marne district southeast of Paris, government spokesman Stephane Le Foll said on Tuesday.
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Ukraine Arrests Frenchman 'Planning Euro 2016 Attacks'
Ukraine's security service said today it had arrested a Frenchman who was allegedly planning to stage 15 terror attacks before and during the Euro 2016 football championship that starts in France later this week.
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French Prosecutor Confirms Terrorist Motive, Islamic State Link to Factory Beheading
A French prosecutor confirmed today that the man who beheaded his boss and tried to blow up a gas factory in Lyon had a "terrorist motive" and links to the Islamic State group in Syria.
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French Attacker Denies Religious Aim, Motivations Murky
A man who beheaded his boss in France has denied any religious motivation, investigative sources said today, muddying efforts to pin down the reasons for an attack which bore the hallmarks of a Jihadist act.
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French Attack Suspect: Lone Wolf Islamist or 'Guy Who Flipped'?
Even as French investigators piece together a clearer picture of events that led on Friday to the beheading of a transport firm manager and attempted destruction of a chemicals plant, the real motivation of the chief suspect remains elusive.
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French Attack Suspect Grilled as Gruesome 'Selfie' Emerges
French police questioned a suspected Islamist Saturday about an attack in which the man displayed his boss's severed head, as it emerged he may have sent a "selfie" of the decapitation.
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'Wolf in Sheep's Clothing': Suspect in French Attack
Yassin Salhi was a quiet man with a job, a family and no criminal record before he allegedly launched a grisly assault at an industrial gas factory in France and pinned his boss's severed head to the fence on Friday.
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Family of Slain Jihadist Amedy Coulibaly Condemns French Attacks
The mother and sisters of slain jihadist Amedy Coulibaly condemned his attacks France, offering their "sincere condolences" to the families of the victims, according to a statement sent to AFP on Saturday.
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US Warns of Global 'Terror' Threat After French Attacks
The United States on Friday warned Americans to beware "terrorist actions and violence" all over the world Friday, following the attacks on the Charlie Hebdo magazine and a Jewish supermarket in Paris.
