French police release 5 terror suspectsOctober 11, 2012 - 16:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Police in France have released five of the 12 terror suspects detained over the weekend in a nation-wide police operation connected with an investigation into a grenade attack on a Jewish shop in Paris, officials said on Thursday, Oct 11, RTT News reported. The Paris prosecutor's office said in a statement that the remaining seven continued to be in custody. They are now expected to appear in court in the coming days. All the 12 were detained in a nationwide counter-terrorism operation aimed at capturing suspects in a bomb attack on a kosher food shop in the northern Paris suburb of Sarcelles on September 19. That attack triggered widespread outrage after it emerged that radical Islamists were targeting the Jewish community in Sarcelles. Following the detention of the 12 suspects, French police unearthed bomb-making materials and weapons hidden in a parking lot in an eastern Paris suburb on Wednesday during an investigation into what they said a "dangerous" Islamist network. Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said later that the discovery of the cache, consisting of a shotgun, a revolver, bags of potassium nitrate, sulfur and a pressure cooker, was linked to the arrest of a dozen terror suspects over the weekend. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |