Police were “actively looking” for these individuals “in the context of the investigation following the Paris attacks”, the statement said, while reinforcements were deployed at key locations including United Nations buildings.
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The Swiss city of Geneva raised its alert level yesterday and said it was looking for suspects who, according to national officials, had possible links to terrorism.
Yesterday, French authorities confirmed the identity of the third theater attacker as Foued Mohamed Aggad, a 23-year-old French citizen from Strasbourg northeastern France.
Swiss and French officials say they have been working closely together since the Paris attacks.
“We have increased the number of police in the streets”, Ms Emmanuelle Lo Verso, a spokesman for Geneva’s Department of Security, said by phone. In total, seven men blew themselves up the night of November 13 in a string of attacks targeting Paris’s vibrant nightlife districts and a soccer stadium.
However Sky News source reported the search wasn’t linked to Paris.
Authorities are still hunting for one suspect linked to the attacks who remains on the run, Salah Abdeslam.
Investigations are being carried out to “locate and arrest these individuals”. More information will be added as it comes to hand.
But he said the canton, which has a 100km border with France, an worldwide airport and home to numerous global organisations, including the European headquarters of the United Nations, had stepped up its vigilance and cooperation with neighbouring France. They are being sought across Europe.
Tributes at La Belle Equipe restaurant in Paris in November.
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They laid flowers and read cards at the site, where 90 people were killed when extremists stormed the venue as the band performed last month. The Islamic State, also known as ISIL or ISIS, claimed responsibility.
