6 Suspected Islamists Held in Terror Inquiry

French anti-terrorism police arrested six suspected radical Islamists, including a prison officer and a Muslim prison chaplain, the French prosecutor’s office said.

The arrests in St. Malo in Brittany and in areas of western and central France were part of an inquiry launched in May.

Police became suspicious about the prison officer in Bourges because of large sums of money sent to his bank account and his attendance at a mosque that is considered extremist, the prosecutor’s office said.

The prosecutor’s office did not identify the suspects or give their countries of origin.