French captured among extremist fighters in Mali, sent home
French authorities fear that homegrown radicals could travel to hotspots and return home with skills to stage terrorist attacks in Europe.
Paris: The Paris prosecutor's office says a Frenchman captured among extremist fighters in northern Mali has been brought to France and placed in custody.He joins two other Frenchmen accused of terrorist-related activity in Mali, where the French military is leading an operation against al-Qaida-linked Islamic radicals. The prosecutor's office says the 37-year-old who returned on Tuesday has joint French-Algerian citizenship and is from the southern Rhones-Alpes region.[caption id="attachment_667141" align="alignleft" width="380"]
Image for representation only. AP[/caption]French authorities fear that homegrown radicals could travel to hotspots and return home with skills to stage terrorist attacks in Europe.France has been on higher-than-usual alert for terrorist activity since launching the campaign in Mali, and since a radical gunman killed Jewish schoolchildren and a rabbi at a school in Toulouse a year ago Tuesday.AP
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