France arrests over 'pre-election attack plot'

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France arrests over 'pre-election attack plot'

Police raided a flat in Marseille's central third district on Tuesday
Five days before the first round of France's presidential election, two men have been arrested on suspicion of planning an imminent attack,

The suspects, aged 23 and 29, were detained in Marseille by elite police and domestic intelligence agents after a search that had lasted several days.

Both men were said to have been radicalised in prison.

France remains under a state of emergency after a series of attacks that have claimed some 230 lives.

A flat in the rue de Crimée in Marseille's central third district was being searched amid reports that guns and material used for making explosives had been found. Neither man was from Marseille.


Police released photos of Clement B (L) and Mahiedine M after the raid

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