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Police arrest seven after Paris terror
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SEVEN suspects in Friday’s terrorist attacks on Paris were arrested in Belgium yesterday, one of them a French citizen.

Three of the Islamic State (Isis) suicide bombers were also identified as French, with Parisian police confirming one lived in a Paris suburb.

A Belgian official said two of the seven bombers were Frenchmen living in Brussels, as was one of the seven detainees. Three more suspects were arrested there on Saturday.

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