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French police secure the area outside the Super U supermarket in the town of Trebes, southern France, where a man took hostages killing at least two before he was killed by security forces on March 23, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / RAYMOND ROIG)
March 29, 2018, 4:40 pm
French vegan faces terror charge over dead butcher comment
Activist could go to jail for saying man killed by Trebes supermarket gunman in Islamist attack deserved his fate
By AFP
French President Emmanuel Macron posthumously awards the Legion of Honor to Lt. Col. Arnaud Beltrame during a ceremony Wednesday March 28, 2018 at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
March 28, 2018, 3:09 pm
Slain French policeman hero honored in grand national homage
During daylong ceremony in Paris, Macron to award country's highest honor to Arnaud Beltrame, who swapped himself for hostage during terror attack
By Agencies
A man places flowers at the main gate of the police headquarters in Carcassonne, France, on Saturday, March 24, 2018, following an attack on a supermarket in the south of France on Friday. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
March 26, 2018, 5:48 pm
France to honor slain hero police officer Wednesday
French president to attend event for Lt. Col. Arnaud Beltrame, killed by Islamist gunman; police question dead terrorist's girlfriend, said known to police as 'radicalized'
By Sylvie Corbet
In this image dated March 2013 and provided by regional newspaper Ouest France, Arnaud Beltrame poses for a photo in Avranches, western France. (Ouest France via AP)
March 26, 2018, 8:44 am
French politician arrested for tweet celebrating policeman’s death
Stephane Poussier held 'for justifying acts of terrorism' after welcoming death of Arnaud Beltrame, killed in terror rampage on Friday
By AFP
In this image dated March 2013 and provided by regional newspaper Ouest France, Arnaud Beltrame poses for a photo in Avranches, western France. (Ouest France via AP)
March 24, 2018, 8:54 am
Heroic French officer who swapped himself for hostage in terror attack dies
Death of Arnaud Beltrame raises toll to four in Friday's assault in southern France, claimed by Islamic State
By Agencies
French National Gendarmerie Intervention Group troops and gendarmes gather outside the Super U supermarket in the town of Trebes, southwestern France, where a terrorist took hostages before he was killed by security forces on March 23, 2018. (AFP Photo/Eric Cabanis)
March 23, 2018, 7:39 pm
French Jews pay condolences to victims of terror attack
Umbrella group for French Jewry says assault Friday in which 3 were killed 'reawakens in us the fear and pain' of 2015 shooting at Kosher supermarket
By Agencies
French security and police gather outside the Super U supermarket in the town of Trebes, southern France, where a terrorist took hostages and killed at least two before he was killed by security forces, on March 23, 2018. (AFP Photo/Pascal Pavani)
March 23, 2018, 7:07 pm
Islamic State claims responsibility for French terror attack that kills three
France's interior minister names terrorist as Redouane Lakdim, says he was under surveillance at the time of the assault
By AFP
Police respond to a suspecter terror attack in Trebes, southern France, on March 23, 2018. (Newsflare/Tarbouriech Roseline via AP)
March 23, 2018, 6:23 pm
Netanyahu, Rivlin condemn ‘brutal’ French terror attack
After 3 people killed by IS gunman in southern France, PM says 'civilized world must unite and work together' to defeat terrorism
By TOI staff and Agencies
French gendarmes block access to Trebes, where a man took hostages at a supermarket on March 23, 2018 in Trebes, southwest France. (AFP Photo/Eric Cabanis)
March 23, 2018, 2:17 pm
Police kill IS hostage-taker who shot 3 dead in southern France terror spree
Most employees and customers at Super U market in Trebes escape unharmed from gunman, believed to be a Moroccan with a history of extremism
By Remi Zaka and Pauline Talagrand
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, flanked by members of the government, gestures as he delivers a speech during the presentation of the national plan for the prevention of radicalization, in Lille, northern France, on February 23, 2018. (AFP/Philippe Huguen)
February 23, 2018, 8:07 pm
French PM promises to clamp down on radical Islam in prisons, schools
Edouard Philippe unveils plan to fight radicalization, which will include sealing off incarcerated extremists, opening new centers to reintegrate jihadists into society
By AFP
Mennel Ibtissem performed “Hallelujah” on France’s version of “The Voice.” (Facebook via JTA)
February 9, 2018, 5:06 pm
French-Muslim singer quits TV show over conspiracy posts
After moving performance of Leonard Cohen song, Mennel Ibtissem was found to be peddling conspiracy theories about terror attacks
By JTA
Illustrative: Police cordon off a street in Villejuif, a suburb of Paris, on September 6, 2017, as two men were arrested after the discovery of explosives and bomb components at an apartment. (AFP/Christophe Simon)
January 20, 2018, 10:58 pm
Man charged in France for planning terror attack
Suspect had pledged allegiance to Islamic State, is arrested with bomb-making materials
By AFP
An outside view of the prison in Vendin le Vieil, northern France, file (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)
January 11, 2018, 11:41 pm
French counterterrorism inquiry launched after prison attack
A knife-wielding inmate is accused of attempting to murder several civil servants
By AP
Illustrative: Police gather around the apartment building where Mohammed Merah barricaded himself in Toulouse in March 2012. (AP/Bruno Martin)
November 10, 2017, 7:21 pm
Three hurt in vehicle attack near Toulouse
Wounded are Chinese students; police say driver acted 'deliberately,' was not on a list of known extremists
By AFP
A Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017 file photo showing the entrance of an apartment building where police found an explosive device. (AP/Kamil Zihnioglu)
October 7, 2017, 4:07 pm
Three charged in mysterious, failed terror-linked attack on Paris building
Suspects, 2 of them on terror watchlist, placed gas canisters that failed to ignite in a building in an upscale neighborhood
By Agencies
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