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The French authorities have launched inspections of dozens of mosques and prayer halls suspected of links to Islamist extremism.
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced the crackdown, saying some could be closed if found to be encouraging “separatism”.
It comes a week before the unveiling of a new law to combat such extremism. It is a response to attacks in October, blamed on Islamists, including the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty.
Russian investigators have arrested a man they suspect of having robbed and murdered 26 elderly women across central Russia between 2011 and 2012.
The suspect, named as 38-year-old Radik Tagirov, is a locksmith with a previous conviction for theft, police said. He is suspected of being the so-called “Volga maniac”, who is linked to numerous crimes and killings committed in regions along Russia’s Volga River.
There has not yet been any comment from – or on behalf of – Mr Tagirov.
On Tuesday, police said the suspect was being questioned and was providing information relating to their inquiries.
Two women have been seriously injured in a stabbing at a Marks & Spencer store, police have said.
Officers were called following reports of an attack inside the store in St James Street, Burnley, Lancashire, at 09:30 GMT. Both women have been taken to hospital but their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
A 57-year-old local man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and remains in police custody.
At least two people have been killed and several others injured after a car ploughed through a pedestrian area of the western German city of Trier, officials say.
Police say the driver, a 51-year-old from the region, has been arrested. The city’s mayor described the scene as “horrible” and said the victims included a girl.
The circumstances of the incident are still not clear. Police have told people to avoid the area.
Witnesses said people screamed in panic and some were thrown into the air as an SUV drove through the Fleischstrasse pedestrianised street, near the city’s famous Roman gate, the Porta Nigra.