![A picture taken on January 27, 2015 shows the center of Lunel, southern France, where five people were arrested today during the operation in the city from which about 20 people left to make Jihad in Syria. AFP PHOTO / SYLVAIN THOMAS / AFP PHOTO / SYLVAIN THOMAS](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/6NN4ALH2TDDAMKT7ZIKO4MXZCQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=58eb0d4a5993d0948f920a1c0d7f5bf0c01a12eea1e2efbe57ea92c45275a5a4&width=400&height=225)
A picture taken on January 27, 2015 shows the centre of Lunel, southern France. Sylvain Thomas / AFP Photo
A picture taken on January 27, 2015 shows the centre of Lunel, southern France. Sylvain Thomas / AFP Photo
How a sleepy southern French town earned a radically different reputation
Dozens of radicalised young men from Lunel ended up on battlefields in Syria and Iraq