Three jihadist suspects arrested at Paris airport

Source:Xinhua Published: 2014-9-23 23:13:33

French police on Tuesday arrested three men at Paris Orly airport, suspected of joining Syrian insurgents in 2013, local media reported.

The three suspects, among them the brother-in-law of Mohamed Merah, who killed seven people in southern France in 2012, have been placed under custody, the news channel BFMTV said.

According to the report, the suspects joined Syria in April 2013 and have been arrested by Turkish authorities at the end of August on their route to home.

Interior ministry's data showed more than 900 French nationals and residents joined combats in Syria, among which 36 have been killed and 118 others returned home.

Under the anti-jihadist plan, France said it would ban travels to conflicts zones where nationals would join fighters and monitor those who returned home after a stay in Syria.

In the meantime, to curb the alarming number of radicalized young French that joined fighters in Syria, the French government has pledged to boost cybersecurity, stay in close contact with jihadists' families and deport immediately foreign nationals who are involved in Jihad cells.

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