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The "Fiche S" contains thousands of names and only a small number are actively monitored.

The 'Fiche S' contains thousands of names and only a small number are actively monitored.

The 25-year-old Pakistani man who wounded two people last month in a meatcleaver attack outside the former Paris office of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which published cartoons lampooning the Prophet Mohammad, was not on the Fiche S list.

The government says about 20,000 people in France are on the intelligence agencies’ “Fiche S”, a watchlist of people of posing a security risk to the country.

He was on a “Fiche S” security agency watch list that includes individuals the authorities consider susceptible to religious radicalisation, two police sources said on Thursday.