Interior Minister Claude Gueant said that several firearms , including five rifles , four automatic weapons and three Kalashnikovs , had been found in the searches , as well as a bulletproof vest . NEW : The raids targeted people supporting radical ideology online , the interior minister says . Raids took place in Toulouse , Marseille , French and Lyon and around Marseille , officials say . The operation targets those connected with `` a form of radical Islam , '' Sarkozy says . The trauma of the Islam attacks for Toulouse was a bit like 9/11 for the U.S. , Lyon says .
NEW : The raids targeted people supporting radical ideology online , the interior minister says . Raids took place in Toulouse , Marseille , French and Lyon and around Marseille , officials say . The operation targets those connected with `` a form of radical Islam , '' Sarkozy says . The trauma of the Islam attacks for Toulouse was a bit like 9/11 for the U.S. , Lyon says .