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Police detain a man in a church in Forbach, France
In brief
Police detained a man inside a church in Forbach, France, on Tuesday, September 8, after he entered the building shouting "Allah Akbar."
The arrest in the Moselle department occurred after the parents of students alerted authorities to the man's behavior. Authorities are treating the man as a suspected terrorist.
AI-assisted briefing based on the sources below.Sources behind this story
- Reporting@Revista_VNA suspected terrorist arrested in a church in France three weeks before the Pope's visit
Vida Nueva · Mateo González Alonso
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