Police have broken up a terror ring plotting an attack in France after arresting seven individuals in Strasbourg and Marseille, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Monday.
The weekend arrests of seven suspects – of French, Moroccan and Afghan origin – "enabled us to prevent a long-planned terror attack on our soil," Cazeneuve told a televised news conference.
Strasbourg has been on high alert ahead of the opening of its Christmas market, with local officials warning it could be suspended or cancelled if there were serious threats.
France remains in a state of emergency a year since attacks by ISIS on Paris which left 130 people dead.
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