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European police expand anti-terrorism sweeps, arresting dozens



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BERLIN — French, German and Belgian police continued anti-terrorism sweeps on Friday, arresting more than two dozen suspects as they scrambled to clamp down on networks of potential attackers with links to Islamic extremists.


In Germany, 250 police officers and three special commandos raided 11 apartments and one mosque in Berlin on Friday morning, arresting two Turkish men, a police spokesman confirmed to Mashable.



The raid targeted a logistics cell that authorities say has radicalized young people. Police say there is evidence that they were preparing a terror attack in Syria. There was no indication that an attack in Germany had been planned. Read more...


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