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Al-Qaeda threat to France: more attacks

A top al-Qaeda official has issued a threat of further attacks to France.

Police near Porte de Vincennes in Eastern Paris
A top member of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has threatened France with fresh attacks. (AAP)

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A top sharia official from Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has threatened France with fresh attacks, following those at the Charlie Hebdo magazine and at a Jewish supermarket.

"It is better for you to stop your aggression against the Muslims, so perhaps you will live safely. If you refuse but to wage war, then wait for the glad tiding," Harith al-Nadhari was quoted saying in a video according to SITE monitoring group.


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