French parliament approves new anti-terrorism law

The French parliament on Tuesday approved a controversial anti-terror bill, which activists say will create a permanent emergency situation in the country.

The bill approved by 415 votes to 127 and 19 abstentions grants police exceptional powers.

On Sunday, a knifeman used multiple aliases before killing two women at the main train station in Marseille in an attack claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ISIL, also known as ISIS.

Investigators said the attacker, a Tunisian, had gone by eight different names during various brushes with the law, including for shoplifting and illegal weapons possession.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA
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