On Friday At least 12 people were arrested in various areas in Paris during a police operation in connection with Charlie Hebdo attack. The arrests were carried out by the French National Police’s special operations unit, known as RAID. According to Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, “most of the arrested have criminal records.†Following the attacks that left 17 people dead last week, police and the gendarmerie launched a joint operation aimed at searching and finding possible accomplices to the terrorists, said Mr. Cazeneuve. Prime Minister Manuel Valls said that Friday’s arrests “show France’s determination to dismantle all networks†that included the individuals who carried out the attacks. On the other hand, Paris is in a state of maximum security alert, around 10,000 soldiers and 4,700 police and gendarmes are currently being deployed throughout France.
