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An Indian is among seven suspected Islamist militants held in raids in Paris and its suburbs over the past two days,officials said here on Tuesday.
While six suspects were detained on Monday,the Indian national,the main target of the operation,was held on Tuesday. He had recently arrived from Algeria and had links with Pakistan,according to officials close to the inquiry.
All the raids were carried out by the police intelligence service as part of a probe into an Islamist network alleged to have recruited militants in France and sent them to Afghanistan and Pakistan.
They were identified partly thanks to intercepted Internet communications between suspected members of the militant recruitment network,police said.
The first arrests were made in Paris and two largely immigrant suburbs Stains,where searches continued,and Garges-les-Gonesse.
