French authorities have shut down three mosques for an alleged “pattern of radicalization,” including one raided by police at dawn Wednesday in eastern Paris, the French interior minister said.
Interior Minister Bernard Cazaneuve said a “large police contingent” closed one mosque in Lagny-sur- Marne, a suburb in eastern Paris, placing nine “radicalized individuals” under house arrest and barring another 22 from leaving the country.
The raid was conducted under the terms of a prolonged state of emergency instituted after the terrorist attacks on Nov. 13 in Paris that left 130 people dead. Islamic State extremists claimed responsibility for the attacks.
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