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A security guard gestures at the entrance of the Louvre museum in Paris, on February 3, 2017, after a French soldier patrolling at the Louvre shot and seriously injured a machete-wielding attacker earlier. (AFP/Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt)
February 4, 2017, 9:35 am
Louvre reopens 24 hours after machete attack
Egyptian terrorist, 29, living in the UAE, believed to have entered France legally on a flight from Dubai last week
By Pauline Talagrand, Adam PLOWRIGHT and Gersende RAMBOURG
French public prosecutor Francois Molins addresses a press conference at the Paris courthouse on November 25, 2016, following the arrest of a group of suspected extremists preparing an attack in the area of the capital. (AFP/Lionel Bonaventure)
November 25, 2016, 8:16 pm
France says suspected IS plot was directed from abroad
Prosecutor says probe into alleged plan to attack Paris area yielded documents showing 'clear allegiance' to Islamic State
By Sophie Deviller
French soldiers patrol around the Eiffel Tower in Paris on September 10, 2016 (AFP/Miguel Medina)
September 10, 2016, 8:16 pm
All-female cell plotted attacks on Paris train stations, police
As officials continue to question three women suspects, interior minister says 293 people arrested this year for 'links to terror networks'
By Charlotte Plantive
Forensic investigators carry boxes out of the building in Boussy-Saint-Antoine south of Paris on September 8, 2016 where female suspects, said to have been planning new acts of violence, were arrested. (Goeffroy van der Hasselt/AFP)
September 9, 2016, 11:35 pm
Suspected Paris terror cell was ‘guided by IS in Syria’
One of those held in gas cylinder bomb plot was girlfriend of 2 jihadist murderers killed carrying out separate attacks earlier this year
By AFP and TOI staff
Illustrative: French soldiers on patrol along the famed Promenade des Anglais in Nice, southern France, on July 19, 2016. (AFP/Valery Hache)
July 26, 2016, 12:10 pm
2 more arrested over Nice truck massacre
7 people in total detained for suspected involvement in Bastille Day terror attack that killed more than 80
By AFP
An ID card in the name of terror suspect Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, alleged to have killed more than 80 people in Nice on July 14, 2016 (French police)
July 21, 2016, 9:05 pm
Paris: Nice truck killer planned attack for months
Five suspects held for assisting Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel in carrying out Bastille Day rampage that killed 84
By AFP and TOI staff
Soldiers of the anti-terror security forces patrol on July 18, 2016 in Bordeaux, southwestern France. (AFP PHOTO / GEORGES GOBET)
July 19, 2016, 8:55 am
France expected to extend emergency laws after Nice attack
Hollande government facing hard questions over security failings after latest jihadist terror attack leaves 85 dead
By Thibault Le Grand and Clare BYRNE
This photo taken on July 15, 2016 in Nice, shows a French flag at a make-shift memorial for victims of the deadly Bastille Day attack in the city that killed 84 people and some 200 more. (AFP PHOTO/GIUSEPPE CACACE)
July 16, 2016, 10:57 am
4 arrested over Nice attack, French judicial source says
France calls up 25,000 reserve forces, mainly former military and gendarmes, to relieve tired officers, bolster border security
By Agencies
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls (L), and French President Francois Hollande (R), walk back to the Elysee palace on June 15, 2016, in Paris after a ceremony at the Ministry of Interior to pay a tribute to a French policeman and his partner, who were killed on June 13 by a man claiming allegiance to the Islamic State group. (AFP PHOTO / ALAIN JOCARD)
July 15, 2016, 10:22 pm
French PM: Nice attacker ‘probably linked to radical Islam’
Manuel Valls says international coalition against Islamic State to be boosted in wake of terror attack, tells French TV there will be 'a big meeting' in Washington next week
By AP
People lay flowers in the street of Nice to pay tribute to the victims the day after a gunman smashed a truck into a crowd of revellers celebrating Bastille Day, killing at least 84 people, on July 15, 2016. (AFP Photo/Anne-Christine Poujoulat)
July 15, 2016, 7:50 pm
Nice investigator: Attack ‘in line with calls to kill’ by jihadist groups
Officials confirm ex-wife of Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel in custody, name attacker as Tunisian who had French residency
By Agencies
French army soldiers stand in position in the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, on November 18, 2015, as French Police special forces raid an apartment, hunting those behind the attacks that claimed 130 lives in the French capital five days ago. (AFP PHOTO/KENZO TRIBOUILLARD)
November 18, 2015, 9:09 pm
Intel sources claim Paris terror mastermind killed in police raid
Paris prosecutor says no official confirmation if Abdelhamid Abaaoud was among casualties in 7-hour standoff in suburb north of French capital
By Agencies and TOI staff
People lie on the pavement at Cafe Bonne Biere in Paris, on November 13, 2015, following a series of coordinated attacks in and around Paris which left more than 120 people dead. (AFP PHOTO / ANTHONY DORFMANN)
November 14, 2015, 11:34 pm
Paris terror attacks carried out by three coordinated teams
State prosecutor says death toll in coordinated gun-and-suicide bombing attacks in French capital hits 129, with 352 injured
By Angela Charlton and Sylvie Corbet
An undated photo of Amedy Coulibaly, jihadist killer of four Jews in a Paris kosher supermarket and of a French policewoman, and his wife Hayat Boumedienne who is sought by police. (Photo credit: Screenshot/Itele)
January 23, 2015, 2:39 pm
Kosher market killer Coulibaly buried near Paris
Authorities say body of terrorist who murdered 4 Jews, policewoman was not accepted by home country Mali
By AFP
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls answers Members of Parliament's questions during a session of Questions to the Government, on January 21, 2015 at the French National Assembly in Paris. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO / STEPHANE DE SAKUTI)
January 21, 2015, 10:51 pm
France to spend $800m on anti-terror measures
Efforts will focus on strengthening intelligence services, fighting radicalization; 4 charged in kosher market attack
By AFP
March 11, 2013, 4:36 pm
Three Frenchmen accused in terrorist plot
French prosecutor says men were inspired by radical Islamic gunman Mohammed Merah
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