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Five suspects in custody after police raids last weekend had pledged allegiance to ISIS and were being directed to attack France by ISIS members in the Middle East, French prosecutor Francois Molins said Friday.
The suspects’ plans were communicated by encrypted messages from ISIS members in Iraq and Syria, he told reporters in Paris.
Four people are in custody following raids in Strasbourg and one person was detained after raids in Marseille last Saturday and Sunday.