Thirteen Islamists charged with terror offences in France

AFP , Wednesday 4 Apr 2012

French president Nicolas Sarkozy
File photo of Mohammed Achamlane, leader of Forsane Alizza Islamic radical group, during a demonstration in Nantes (Reuters)

Thirteen suspected Islamists have been charged in France with "criminal conspiracy connected to a terrorist enterprise" and illegal possession and transportation of weapons, officials said Wednesday.

The 13, some of whom are members of a suspected extremist group called Forsane Alizza that was banned this year, were arrested on Friday in the wake of attacks by an Islamist gunman who killed seven people.

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