Four arrested in Paris over terror plot fears

From the French edition of The Local. UPDATED: Four suspected jihadists were arrested Wednesday in the Paris region, one of whom was thought to be planning “violent acts”, said Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve.

The arrests were made on Wednesday morning in the 18th arrondissement of Paris as well as in Seine-Saint-Denis, to the north of the capital.

“We received information about one individual… that he might commit violent acts in France,” Cazeneuve said on French television. “So this morning he was arrested along with three members of his entourage and checks are under way. I call on everyone to be extremely prudent regarding reports that are circulating about an imminent violent act.”

Earlier media reports in France, that quoted sources in the internal intelligence services DGSI, said that the “imminent” attack was to target the “very centre” of Paris and that each of the four were known to have connections to radical Islam.