French police have been criticised for detaining an eight-year-old who claimed to support the men who attacked the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.

A French man wanted in connection with deadly terrorist attacks in Paris has been extradited from Bulgaria to France, where he is facing charges of links to terrorism, judicial officials say.

An eight-year-old boy from the south of France who claimed to support the men who attacked satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo has been detained and questioned by police for defending terrorism.