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Published online 13 October 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.999
Corrected online: 14 October 2009

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Particle physicist 'falsely accused', claims brother

As Adlène Hicheur is investigated for terrorist links, his brother speaks out.

The brother of a particle physicist under investigation for having possible links to terrorism says that the charges are "completely false" and his brother is innocent.

Yesterday, French authorities placed Adlène Hicheur, a postdoc at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), under formal investigation for possible 'criminal association in relation to a terrorist undertaking'.

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