10 held in Swiss, French anti-terror operation

Ten people were arrested in an anti-terror operation in France and Switzerland including a Swiss man linked to a foiled knife attack by a French teenager, sources close to the probe say.

A 27-year-old Swiss man arrested in France was in contact with a 14-year-old French boy who was “about to carry out the attack,” one of the sources adds. The teenager was arrested in the Paris region on June 20 and charged by an anti-terror judge, the sources say.

The Swiss man was “particularly active on social networks… and he had contacts with individuals living in France with whom he notably discussed violent actions,” a judicial source says.

Nine suspects were arrested in southern France and the Paris region and were aged between 18 and 65, the sources say, adding that most were known to the authorities.

— AFP