PARIS—French anti-terrorism police have arrested seven men in Strasbourg and Marseille who had links to Syria and had been plotting an attack on France for several months, the interior minister said Monday. France remains under a state of emergency imposed after the deadly Daesh, also known as ISIS or ISIL, attacks on Paris last year. The June arrests involved people behind financing the alleged attack plot, while the Sunday arrests targeted the operational team — and both groups were under orders from unidentified commanders in Syria, the official said. Weapons were also seized in Sunday’s arrests, the official said. Cazeneuve said investigators are studying whether the thwarted attack was part of a larger plot to attack multiple sites simultaneously.

Source: thestar November 22, 2016 00:21 UTC