https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A staffer at Paris police headquarters who stabbed four colleagues to death in a frenzied attack adhered to "a radical vision of Islam", an anti-terror prosecutor said Saturday, amid a gathering political storm over security safeguards. https://www.thelocal.fr/20191006/paris-attacker-adhered-to-radical-strain-of-islam Sun, 06 Oct 2019 11:38:53 +0200 paris-attacker-adhered-to-radical-strain-of-islam The 40 radicalized prisoners who are preparing to leave French prisons over the next 18 months after serving their sentences are "a major risk", France's leading counter-terrorism prosecutor has warned. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180529/french-prisons-release-of-radicalised-inmates-is-major-risk-paris-prosecutor-warns Tue, 29 May 2018 16:52:23 +0200 french-prisons-release-of-radicalised-inmates-is-major-risk-paris-prosecutor-warns His aim is to prevent young people turning into his brother Mohamed Merah, who killed soldiers and Jewish children in a shooting rampage. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160421/french-jihadists-brother-fights-radicalisation Thu, 21 Apr 2016 10:06:47 +0200 french-jihadists-brother-fights-radicalisation A French minister has struck a raw nerve after stating France is home to 100 Molenbeeks – referring to the Brussels suburb known to be hotbed for jihadists. But is he correct? https://www.thelocal.fr/20160329/is-france-really-home-to-100-molenbeeks Tue, 29 Mar 2016 17:35:16 +0200 is-france-really-home-to-100-molenbeeks France’s first deradicalization centre aimed at freeing those who have been convinced by the ideology of extremist Islam is due to open before the summer - but not if the angry locals can prevent it. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160311/france-to-open-deradicalization-centre-but-locals-arent-happy Fri, 11 Mar 2016 16:45:03 +0100 france-to-open-deradicalization-centre-but-locals-arent-happy A leaked memo has revealed that not even the French police is spared from the phenomenon of radicalization or fundamentalism, with a number of cases highlighted in recent years. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160309/radicalisation-of-police-officers-a-growing-concern-for-france Wed, 09 Mar 2016 12:18:56 +0100 radicalisation-of-police-officers-a-growing-concern-for-france Two French teenagers suspected of trying to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State group returned home Sunday night, two days after they went missing, officials said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160307/two-radicalized-teen-girls-return-home-after-police-appeal Mon, 07 Mar 2016 08:18:42 +0100 two-radicalized-teen-girls-return-home-after-police-appeal Kalashnikov ammunition and Islamic State propaganda videos were seized in raids following the closure of a mosque in the Paris suburbs, French authorities said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151207/bullets-and-isis-propaganda-found-at-french-mosque Mon, 07 Dec 2015 08:57:56 +0100 bullets-and-isis-propaganda-found-at-french-mosque