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The raids were carried out in the southern port city of Marseille as well as Roubaix.

04 April,2012 08:53 pm

French police swooped on suspected militants in pre-dawn raids for the second time in less than a week Wednesday, arresting 10 people, a source close to the investigation said.The raids were carried out in the southern port city of Marseille as well as Roubaix near the Belgian border, and in several other locations in the countrys south and southwest, the source said.They came as 13 suspected militants arrested last week were charged with criminal conspiracy connected to a terrorist enterprise and illegal possession and transportation of weapons.The 13, some of whom are members of a suspected extremist group called Forsane Alizza that was banned this year, were among 19 suspects arrested on Friday in the wake of attacks by an Islamist gunman who killed seven people.Nine of these, including Forsane Alizza leader Mohamed Achamlane, were ordered to be remanded in custody as police investigate their alleged crimes which include a plan to kidnap a judge, officials said.