A man throws bottles at English supporters ahead of the Euro 2016 football match England vs Russia, southern France, on June 11, 2016. Football fans fought pitched battles for the third day in the French city of Marseille ahead of England’s European Championship clash with Russia. Bare-chested English and Russian supporters hurled bistro chairs and bottles in the historic Vieux-Port district where the cobbled streets were littered with broken glass and debris. / AFP PHOTO .
Paris – Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve on Monday said French police arrested several men over the weekend and foiled a planned terror attack.
“Seven people of French, Moroccan and Afghan origin aged from 29 to 37 years, were arrested in all, two in Marseille and most of the others in the eastern city of Strasbourg,’’ he said.
One of the world’s oldest and largest Christmas markets is due to open in Strasbourg on Friday.
However Cazeneuve did not say in his declaration to newsmen the target of the would-be attackers.
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