Arrests for threat to Sarkozy son

Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie confirmed a report by Le Point magazine that Louis Sarkozy had received several threatening phone calls.

The phone was registered to Cecilia Sarkozy, whose marriage to Mr Sarkozy ended in divorce last year.

The threats were reportedly made earlier this month.

According to Le Point, one of the men arrested worked for a mobile phone network and passed on a list of top clients' phone numbers to a friend, who made the threatening calls.

Ms Alliot-Marie told Europe-1 radio it was a "scandalous and revolting" crime.

"There are people who are unbalanced, who think they're clever, who want to blackmail and use these methods," she said.

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