By By Kev Hedges Oct 5, 2010 in World Marseille - Police have arrested 12 people and seized guns and ammunition following two separate raids in Marseille and Avignon in southern France. It is believed the anti-terrorist raids may have thwarted an attack by Muslim extremists. A French news There have been widespread terror threats across Europe in recent weeks, which led to the US State Department to issue a travel warning for the continent on Sunday and again early this week as reported by It came as intelligence reports feared that well-armed teams of jihadists planned to murder Western hostages in raids similar to the attacks two years ago in the Indian city of Mumbai. In that attack, which targeted two hotels and the city's main railway station, 10 gunmen killed 166 people and injured more than 300. Nine men were detained on suspicion of trafficking firearms and explosives. The other three were detained in separate incidents. Those arrested are suspected as having links with terrorist networks reports 20minutes.fr translated by Sky News A French news agency said they were suspected of being members of an extremist group and being part of a cell. The channel said the cell planned to supply shelter and false ID documents to terrorists returning to France after undergoing training on the Afghan-Pakistan border.There have been widespread terror threats across Europe in recent weeks, which led to the US State Department to issue a travel warning for the continent on Sunday and again early this week as reported by Digital Journal last Sunday.It came as intelligence reports feared that well-armed teams of jihadists planned to murder Western hostages in raids similar to the attacks two years ago in the Indian city of Mumbai.In that attack, which targeted two hotels and the city's main railway station, 10 gunmen killed 166 people and injured more than 300. More about Terrorists suspects arrested france, Arrests made france, Terror cell arrests france More news from terrorists suspects ... arrests made france terror cell arrests ...