PARIS (AP) — The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris and the heightened security in Europe (All times local):
2:50 p.m.
Seventy French police backed by two security helicopters have raided the home of a radical Muslim preacher in the Pyrenees.
The raid in the town of Artigat on Tuesday targeted Olivier Corel, according to an official with the gendarme service. It is part of stepped-up security measures under a state of emergency declared in the wake of Nov. 13 attacks that killed at least 130 people in addition to seven Islamic extremist attackers.
Authorities believe Corel lodged Fabien Clain, reported to have been the voice on an Islamic State French-language claim of responsibility for the Paris attacks. Clain was convicted in 2009 for involvement in a network sending extremist fighters to Iraq.
Corel is also believed to have figured in the religious life of Frenchman Mohammed Merah, who killed a rabbi, three children at a Jewish school and three paratroopers in southern France in 2012.
—By Nicolas Vaux-Montagny
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12:50 p.m.
With Brussels continuing to operate under the highest alert level, some businesses are starting to feel the pain.
Few question the government’s need to protect the public from a Paris-style attack, but some shop owners say the attempts to shut down Brussels are too extreme.
“It’s not a very good decision,” said Esther Willems, assistant manager at the Galler chocolate shop in the heart of Brussels’ city center.
“In the last two days, we have only had about 10-11 clients.” Willems said they would normally have about 100. She hoped things would improve on Wednesday, when the subways and schools are scheduled to begin reopening.
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12:40 p.m.
Belgium is seeking greater intelligence-sharing from Morocco amid threats to Brussels following the Paris attacks, and their two monarchs have held talks to pave the way for increased cooperation, according to the Moroccan state agency and a Belgian official.
The MAP news agency reported Tuesday that Morocco’s King Mohammed VI and Belgian King Philippe held telephone talks and then the interior ministers of both countries discussed details of closer security cooperation.
A Belgian official said that King Philippe stood ready to help the government with the anti-terror effort, adding that contacts at the highest level certainly help. The official asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the talks.
Belgian authorities have put their capital under the highest terrorism alert and are leading a manhunt for Salah Abdeslam, a Belgian with Moroccan roots, suspected of being directly involved in the Nov. 13 Paris attacks.
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12:30 p.m.
French authorities says they have no intention of scrapping the fan zones planned in host cities at next year’s European soccer championships despite the risk of attacks.
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Tuesday that security for the continental tournament held in France from June 10-July 10 will be reinforced to ensure “the fan zones will be put in place.”
About 7 million supporters visited the fan zones in the host cities during the 2012 Euros in Poland and Ukraine. Following the attacks in Paris Nov. 13, which included suicide bombers at the Stade de France national stadium, there are concerns the designated 2016 Euro areas for the public in each of the 10 host cities could be a target of choice for potential attackers.
The fan zone in Paris is expected to be located on the Champs de Mars, below the Eiffel Tour, and have a capacity of 120,000.
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9 a.m.
The only person in France facing potential terrorism charges linked to the Nov. 13 Paris attacks has been brought before a judge. The man, Jawad Bendaoud, was taken into custody moments after giving a television interview in which he acknowledged he had given shelter to two people from Belgium and said he didn’t know who they were or what they planned. Among those killed in the apartment raid Nov. 18 was Amdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected mastermind, a female cousin and an unidentified man.
In the interview, Bendaoud, 29, told BFM television “I didn’t know they were terrorists. I was asked to do a favor, I did a favor, sir.”
Bendaoud was taken to the courthouse Tuesday morning to be formally referred to a judge. He must be either charged or released today.
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