French authorities say that police have stopped a suspected bombing outside a Bank of America building in Paris. An investigation has been opened and investigators have placed one person in custody. RTL radio said Saturday that officers spotted two suspects near the building overnight.
French police stopped an apparent bomb attack outside a US bank in Paris early Saturday when they arrested a person about to set off a homemade explosive device, officials and sources close to the case told AFP.
A suspected terror plot to blow up a Bank of America branch in Paris was thwarted by police, when cops pounced on one suspect before he was able to ignite a homemade bomb.
Police have arrested two more people over an apparent bid to explode a homemade device outside the Paris branch of the Bank of America, the French domestic security service said on Sunday. | London / Europe
French authorities have arrested two more suspects over a foiled attack on Bank of America’s Paris offices, the country’s anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office said on Sunday.
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