France arrests 11, kills one in anti-terror operation

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APFrench police officers stand guard at the entrance of a building in Strasbourg, France, Saturday where a suspect was shot dead after firing at police.By NBC News staff and wire servicesFrench authorities raided homes in cities across France on Saturday, arresting 11 terror suspects and killing one who reportedly first opened fire on police.

"A vast anti-terrorist operation was conducted this morning," Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins told a news conference.

The suspects arrested in various French cities were affiliated with a Salafist movement and believed to constitute a jihadist cell, Molins said.

Follow @NBCNewsWorld   He identified the man who was shot and killed by police in Strasbourg after he fired on them, lightly wounding three, as Jeremie Sidney, 33.

Molins described Sidney as a French national who recently converted to Islam after spending two years in prison for drug dealing.




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