Overview
- French authorities, which announced two further arrests Monday, now have five people in custody including three minors after police stopped an attempted bombing early Saturday near the Champs-Élysées.
- A patrol assigned to protect sensitive sites spotted two people placing a device outside the Bank of America building around 3:30 a.m., detained one at the scene, and said the second fled.
- Investigators recovered a five-litre container with liquid believed to be fuel and roughly 650 grams of explosive powder, and forensic experts are analyzing the materials after police secured the device.
- The national anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office is leading the case with the Paris judicial police and domestic intelligence agency DGSI, and a detained suspect told police he was recruited on Snapchat and offered €600.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez cited similarities to recent European attacks and voiced suspicion of Iran-linked proxies, though officials have not assigned responsibility, and authorities have stepped up security at U.S.- and Jewish-linked sites.