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| Greek Cyprus to deport six from France over suspected extremist links | |
| 2015-11-24 | |
| [Hurriyet] Greek Cyprus was expected to deport six French citizens to Switzerland ...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell... on Nov. 23 after they were detained at the island's main airport and suspected of links to holy warrior groups, authorities said. The six French passport holders, five men of Turkish descent and one of Algerian descent, were detained on Nov. 21 evening after arriving at Larnaca airport on a low-cost flight from Basel, Switzerland, police said.
Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou told state radio that at least three of the six appeared to have "strong links to terrorist groups". "There were suspicions against these specific individuals upon their arrival at the island," Nicolaou said. "We have information suggesting that they have strong links to terrorist groups, while Interpol has already informed us that three of those suspects have been identified as having links to a terrorist organization," he said. "The other three also appear to have some sort of link. They will probably be deported back to Switzerland at some point on Monday [Nov. 23]." Greek Cyprus has stepped up security at its airports, ports and other public places following the jihadist attacks in Gay Paree earlier this month that left 130 people dead. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Never mind, they aren't connected to the Paris attacks reports An Nahar, but they are undesirable as members of an Islamist association and therefore are being sent back anyway. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-11-24 23:20 |