France arrests far-right policeman suspected of terrorist plot: sources

PARIS: A policeman who follows “a violent radical far-right ideology” has been arrested in France on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack, sources told AFP late on Thursday. Confirming a report by the TF1/LCI broadcaster, a judicial source said that the man was also suspected of having manufactured weapons, among other crimes. A separate source close to the case told AFP that the police officer, aged 35, was “apprehended on the street” on August 23. He has since been placed in detention whil