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French Police Arrested 182 Terror Suspects Since Start of 2016 – Official

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France has arrested 182 people on suspicion of having links to terrorism since early January, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Monday.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Sixty-five people were sentenced on terror charges and given jail terms, according to the minister, who was cited on the ministerial Twitter feed.

France tightened security at the Euro-2016 football tournament venues on Monday after Sunday’s mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, left 49 people dead. Daesh group reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack.

"The terrorist threat is not over yet," Cazeneuve warned. "The Orlando drama reminds us to stay vigilant."

France has been on high alert since last November when jihadists killed 130 people in Paris in a series of near-simultaneous gun and bomb attacks.

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