Prime Suspect Eludes French

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More than 200 police, including members of the anti-terrorist squad and intelligence services, yesterday mounted early morning raids in Paris suburbs and the south-eastern city of Grenoble, detaining 40 people and confiscating weapons, documents, video cassettes and cars. However, they failed to find Khaled Kelkal, the 24-year-old Algerian described as France's most wanted man.

Mr Kelkal's photograph and details were circulated at the weekend together with a report saying that his fingerprints had been found on the unexploded bomb planted on the high-speed train line near Lyons last month. Police sources said they had information that he had been staying until very …