Terror suspects 'plotted attacks on Paris airport and metro'

A suspected Islamist terror cell broken up in France is thought to have been plotting attacks on the Paris Metro, an airport and an intelligence agency’s headquarters, it was claimed today.

Police arrested nine people yesterday in the sweep, including an Islamic militant previously convicted on terrorism charges and freed from prison two years ago.

The Le Figaro newspaper said the alleged cell’s suspected targets included the Paris HQ of the Directorate for Territorial Surveillance, a police intelligence and counterterrorism agency, the metro and an airport in the French capital. Police are questioning the suspects.