PARIS: French police yesterday arrested a Franco-Moroccan man they described as an Islamist militant at Roissy international airport on suspicion that he was part of a conspiracy to carry out attacks in France.
The man, whose name and age were not made public, had just disembarked from a plane arriving from Istanbul after his expulsion by Turkish authorities, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
The man was being held in police custody pending formal charges. A judge had previously opened a preliminary investigation to determine whether the man was part of a conspiracy to carry out attacks, the statement said.
Suspects in terror-related cases can be detained for up to 96 hours without being formally charged.
The statement did not say where the man had travelled before reaching Turkey, which is a common way station for European.
AFP
