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Tip about suspected IS cell in Geneva triggered alert - president


    ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss federal authorities put Geneva on a high security alert this week after getting a tip from foreign authorities about a suspected Islamic State cell in the region, President Simonetta Sommaruga said on Friday.

    "The Swiss government received information from a foreign authority regarding a potential IS cell in the Geneva area. Federal authorities examined this information and shared it with the local police," Sommaruga told a news conference.

    "There is currently no indication that there was a concrete attack planned."

    (Reporting by Silke Koltrowitz and John Miller, Editing by Michael Shields)