French and Italian police detain 18 in anti-terror raids
Police in France and Italy detained a total of 18 people today, targeting a group suspected of planning terror attacks in Europe.
Seven people were detained in the Paris area and Normandy. French television station LCI said the suspects were believed to have links to an Algerian insurgency movement, the Salafist Group for Call and Combat, known as the GSPC, which has declared its allegiance to Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida network.
