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French police shut down mosque in Parisian suburbs on extremism charges

Xinhua, December 2, 2015 Adjust font size:

French police on Wednesday shut down a mosque in Lagny-sur-Marne, east Paris, the third such action in a week as part of a crackdown on suspected extremists in the wake of Nov. 13 terror attacks, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve announced.

Security forces raided the mosque early Wednesday and found a gun whose owner was placed into custody, in addition to documents related to terrorism, the minister added in a statement.

Following the search operation, nine people have been put under house arrest and 22 others were banned from leaving the country, he added.

After the recent terror attacks in Paris, police have so far raided 2,235 homes and buildings, taken 232 people into custody and seized 334 weapons, 34 of them war-grade, according to the French minister.

"In 15 days, we have seized one-third of the quantity of war-grade weapons that are normally seized in a year," Cazeneuve said.

French President Francois Hollande declared a state of emergency for three months in the wake of the Paris attacks. Endit