‘Frenchmen’ with possible Paris attacks links held in Austria


One month after the Paris attacks, people continue to gather in front of the Bataclan Theatre to pay tribute to the victims of the Nov 13 attacks. - EPA

VIENNA: Austrian police have arrested two people with suspected links to the Paris attacks, prosecutors said Wednesday, with an Austrian newspaper reporting the two are French citizens posing as refugees.

“Two people coming from the Middle East were arrested at the weekend,“ Robert Holzleitner, a spokesman for prosecutors in the western city of Salzburg, told AFP. “Indications of a possible link to the Paris attacks are currently being investigated.”

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