French Police Reportedly Make Arrests During Overnight Raids Around the Country
11:30pm ET: French Police Reportedly Make Arrests During Overnight Raids All Over the Country
French antiterrorism police units reportedly conducted coordinated raids all over the country overnight, including in a Paris suburb. According to French news channel iTele, at leastthree people were arrested in an operation involving about 200 officers.
Among the areas reportedly raided were Bobigny, a suburb of Paris; Calais, on the English Channel; Grenoble, a city in the southeast; and Toulouse, about 100 miles from the Spanish border. A photo taken in Toulouse appears to show several police vans traveling in a convoy.
5:04pm ET: France Says It Bombed Islamic State Command Post and Training Camp in Raqqa
The French Defense Ministry has released a statement about the airstrikes on the Islamic State's de facto capital:
"The first target that was destroyed was used by Daech (Islamic State) as a command post, recruitment center and to stock weapons and ammunition. The second target housed a terrorist training camp."
A total of 12 aircraft — including 10 fighter jets — took off from the United Arab Emirates and Jordan and dropped 20 bombs, the statement said.
France said the operation was carried out in coordination with US forces, and struck sites previously identified during French intelligence-gathering missions.
4:36pm ET: Young Belgian Suicide Bomber Reportedly Fought for the Islamic State in Syria
There is little information at this point about Bilal Hadfi, one of the suicide bombers identified Sunday by French investigators. Hadfi, who was 20, is one of the three men who blew themselves up Friday outside the Stade de France, on the outskirts of Paris. Hadfi reportedly lived in Belgium before traveling to Syria to fight for the Islamic State.
3:44pm ET - France Says It's Bombing the Islamic State in Raqqa
Airstrikes confirmed by French defense minister:
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