PARIS (Reuters) - French police arrested four people on Monday suspected of ties with Islamist groups fighting in Syria, the interior minister said, after the country introduced new measures to stop its citizens from becoming radicalised.
France, a staunch opponent of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has targeted violent cells and self-radicalised operators planning attacks in the country since a Toulouse-based al Qaeda-inspired gunman shot dead seven people in 2012.
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