PARIS: Police in France are questioning three suspected Islamic extremists who were deported from Pakistan this week, judicial sources said on Thursday.
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The three Frenchmen had been held in secret in Pakistan since they entered the country illegally 10 months ago to fight NATO troops in neighbouring Afghanistan.
The case is likely to draw parallels with that of Mohammed Merah, the 23-year-old who shot dead seven people in southwest France in March 2012 after returning from Pakistan.
A source close to the case told AFP that one of the suspected extremists was deported on Tuesday, the second on Wednesday and the third Thursday. All three — aged 30, 29 and 27 — have formally been detained for questioning.
Follow up:
The three Frenchmen had been held in secret in Pakistan since they entered the country illegally 10 months ago to fight NATO troops in neighbouring Afghanistan.
The case is likely to draw parallels with that of Mohammed Merah, the 23-year-old who shot dead seven people in southwest France in March 2012 after returning from Pakistan.
A source close to the case told AFP that one of the suspected extremists was deported on Tuesday, the second on Wednesday and the third Thursday. All three — aged 30, 29 and 27 — have formally been detained for questioning.
