Paris – French Interior Minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, said on Tuesday in Paris that security forces had searched 128 houses overnight as part of anti-terrorism operations.
Cazeneuve who did not say whether the searches led to any arrests, added that police conducted a similar operation the previous night on 168 homes nationwide, taking in for questioning 23 people and seizing 31 weapons.
He said a total of 115,000 policemen and soldiers had been mobilised following the Nov. 13 multiple attacks on Paris, which killed 129 people and injured 352.[pro_ad_display_adzone id=”70560″]
The minister disclosed that a meeting between French President Francois Hollande and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry would take place later on Tuesday at the U.S embassy in Paris.
Cazeneuve recalled that after arriving in Paris Monday night, Kerry said ultimately, Islamic State and all who shared their “despicable ideology” would be defeated.
He said France was expected to officially request for help from other EU states at a meeting of EU defence ministers in Brussels.
(dpa/NAN)
