France to identify radical foreigners for potential expulsion

French President Emmanuel Macron ordered officials to review records of radicalized foreigners who could be deported after an Islamic terrorist who was known to police allegedly murdered a teacher.

Macron told French ministers "to embody a ruthless state towards all those who harbour hate and terrorist ideologies," a senior aide told reporters, AFP reported Monday. 

The orders come after Mohammed Moguchkov, a Russian 20-year-old from the predominantly Muslim region of Ingushetia, was arrested last week for murdering a teacher in the French city of Arras.

Moguchkov, who was listed as a potential security threat and was under surveillance by law enforcement, came to France as a child in 2008 with his family and was subject to deportation proceedings in 2014 that never occurred, according to Euronews. His father, who was also on the list, was deported in 2018.

While the incident is still being investigated, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said, "the attack against Israel could have been a trigger element," according to The Guardian.

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said that after Hamas' brutal terror attack on Israel, there has been "an atmosphere of jihadism" in France. The country has since banned all pro-Palestinian rallies after some became violent.

France is also stepping up security on the Belgian border after a terrorist allegedly killed two Swedish soccer fans in the capital of Brussels, according to Reuters.

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