Europe 1 with AFP 5:54 p.m., December 30, 2022
Friday morning, two men in possession of gas cylinders without a firing system were arrested at Montparnasse station in Paris and placed in police custody for "apology for terrorism".
The two men said they wanted to "blow everything up," said a police source.
Two men in possession of gas cylinders without a firing system were arrested Friday morning at Montparnasse station in Paris and placed in police custody for "apology for terrorism", we learned from police sources.
These two men, a 51-year-old Frenchman and a 29-year-old Libyan, were arrested shortly before 8 a.m. when they said they wanted to "blow everything up", said one of these sources, confirming information from
Figaro
.
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They were "in possession of nine harmless gas cylinders" and "had no firing system", another police source told AFP.
Deminers from the central laboratory of the Paris police headquarters were dispatched to the scene.
The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, asked the Paris police chief, Laurent Nuñez, to strengthen the security of the stations of the capital, indicated the entourage of the minister.
This arrest comes on the eve of the New Year weekend, for which all the trade unions lifted their strike notice last week.