A man was arrested Thursday late afternoon with a knife in his hand luggage, when boarding for a flight at Orly airport, it was learned from sources close to the case.
A woman, who introduced herself as the man's sister, called the police to warn that the latter had "planned to make an attack," said a source, who called for "caution", the woman not identified. According to an airport source, the man explained while in custody that it was "his girlfriend, with whom he had an argument, who had called".
Man is not known to justice
The man, who was preparing to board a plane for Barcelona, and had already passed security checks, was arrested without incident. He is not known to justice. He was taken into custody at the premises of the Border Police, to whom the investigation was entrusted, said the prosecutor of Créteil, confirming information RTL.
On Monday, a woman was arrested because a loaded pistol was found in her cabin luggage during a check in a transit zone at Roissy airport. She was sentenced Wednesday to eight months in prison suspended by the Criminal Court of Bobigny, in Seine-Saint-Denis.