March 30, 2012 12:24 pm | Updated 12:24 pm IST - PARIS
President Nicolas Sarkozy said police in cities around France have detained 19 people in a crackdown on suspected Islamist extremists.
Mr. Sarkozy said on Europe-1 radio on Friday that weapons were seized in some of the raids, including AK-47 assault rifles.
The raids come after a spate of killings in southern France. A Frenchman who espoused radical Islamist views and said he had links to al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the killings. He was killed in a gunfight with police last week.
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