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France deports Tunisian man on "severe threat" to public order: minister

Xinhua, August 20, 2016 Adjust font size:

France expelled a Tunisian national "given the serious threat he poses to public order," Bernard Cazeneuve, the interior minister, said on Friday.

Mohsen M'Hadi was the fourth resident sent home on suspected terrorism links this month, Cazeneuve added in statement without elaborating on the deportation's reasons.

He noted that decisions to expel further suspects would be made.

The French minister reiterated "the government's full determination to fight against terrorism by all legal means."

France remained at high terror risk a month after a man drove a heavy truck into crowds celebrating the Bastille Day in southern city of Nice, killing 84 people.

Few days later, two teenagers slaughtered a priest in a church northern France.

The Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for both attacks. Endit