November 23, 2016 3:24 PM

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Two suspects freed in France terror plot probe

Authorities in France have released two of the seven suspects arrested in police raids at the weekend which broke up a terror ring plotting a terror attack. <br/><br/>Police swooped on Saturday night in the eastern city of Strasbourg and Marseille in the south following an Investigation by security services lasting more than eightmonths. <br/><br/>The authorities have detained seven alleged plotters from France, Morocco and Afghanistan, foiling what Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve called "a long-planned terror attack on the soil."<br/><br/>Two of those held in Marseille were freed on Tuesday. They were suspected of having helped shelter a Moroccan, who is still in custody, thought to be the group's financer.

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