France threatened by Islamist terror group

FRANCE last night said it has received threats of a possible attack against French interests from an Islamist group apparently named after a Chechen guerrilla killed in a Moscow hostage-taking in 2002.

The Justice Ministry said Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin received a warning which spoke of possible attacks within France and against French interests abroad.

The letter was signed by a group calling itself the Mosvar Barayev Commando, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.