French Police Arrest 5 in Terrorism Raid

PARIS — The French counterterrorism police on Tuesday raided the southern town of Lunel and arrested five people in an operation aimed at rooting out a suspected jihadist network, a senior police official said.

Lunel, a town of 25,700, has been under scrutiny by the counterterrorism authorities after it was discovered last year that six local Muslims had been killed while fighting in Syria. The town’s authorities have been grappling to understand how the town, in the picturesque Languedoc wine-growing region, has become a breeding ground for jihadists.

The New York Times