France says holds 3 Chechens in terrorism probe
French police have arrested three Chechens suspected of preparing
acts of terrorism in Russia, an anti-terrorist prosecutor's
magistrate said of Friday, Reuters reported.
The arrests followed the detention by Russia's security service of a Chechen man suspected of involvement in bomb attacks that killed 40 people in the Moscow metro on March 29.
The attacks were carried out by two female suicide bombers who officials said were natives of the North Caucasus region of Dagestan.
The three men held in France, whose identities were not revealed, were arrested on July 5 in Le Mans, southwest of Paris, on a tipoff from the Russian authorities, and placed under investigation four days later on charges of conspiracy to prepare acts of terrorism, a magistrate spokesman said.
Two were remanded in custody and a third was released on bail. A fourth man was questioned and released without charges.
The spokesman said the Moscow bombing suspect arrested in central Russia had political asylum in France and was resident in Le Mans.
French authorities had no direct evidence that the Chechens detained in France had been involved in the metro bombings, he added.
The arrests followed the detention by Russia's security service of a Chechen man suspected of involvement in bomb attacks that killed 40 people in the Moscow metro on March 29.
The attacks were carried out by two female suicide bombers who officials said were natives of the North Caucasus region of Dagestan.
The three men held in France, whose identities were not revealed, were arrested on July 5 in Le Mans, southwest of Paris, on a tipoff from the Russian authorities, and placed under investigation four days later on charges of conspiracy to prepare acts of terrorism, a magistrate spokesman said.
Two were remanded in custody and a third was released on bail. A fourth man was questioned and released without charges.
The spokesman said the Moscow bombing suspect arrested in central Russia had political asylum in France and was resident in Le Mans.
French authorities had no direct evidence that the Chechens detained in France had been involved in the metro bombings, he added.
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