法國總統誓言繼續逮捕伊斯蘭激進分子

French President Nicolas Sarkozy says police have detained 19 people in a crackdown on suspected Islamist extremists across the country.

Mr. Sarkozy says firearms were seized during Friday's raids in the city of Toulouse and other locations. Earlier reports said 20 people were detained.

The raids come in the wake of a series of killings around the Toulouse area by radical Islamist gunman Mohamed Merah. He was buried in the city Thursday, despite objections from the mayor and after a rejection from his family's native Algeria.

Merah was killed in a barrage of police gunfire, as he leaped from the balcony of his apartment last Thursday, following a 32-hour stand off.

Authorities say before he died Merah admitted to killing three children, three soldiers and a rabbi. Police say the gunman claimed links to al-Qaida and filmed his attacks.法國總統薩科齊說，警察在全國各地打擊伊斯蘭極端分子嫌疑人，已經逮捕了19人。

薩科齊說，星期五在圖盧茲等地的突擊搜捕行動收繳了槍支。稍早的報道曾說有20人被逮捕。

這一輪突擊搜捕行動發生在伊斯蘭極端主義槍手穆罕默德·默拉在圖盧茲地區的一系列殺人事件之後。默拉星期四被葬在圖盧茲，不過，圖盧茲市長反對他葬在當地，他家人的故鄉阿爾及利亞也拒絕讓他回鄉安葬。

默拉上星期四在與警察進行了32小時的僵持後，從自己的公寓陽臺跳下，被警察的密集火力擊斃。

當局說，默拉死前承認在圖盧茲地區的一系列槍擊事件中打死了三名兒童、三名士兵和一名猶太教拉比。警方說，這名槍手聲稱與基地組織有關係，並且拍攝了自己行兇的過程。