Overview
- Police have arrested two additional suspects linked to the attempt, bringing the total detained to three.
- Officers earlier stopped a person outside Bank of America’s Paris headquarters in the 8th arrondissement with a homemade device.
- Investigators say the device combined about five liters of fuel, an ignition system, and an incendiary charge estimated at 650 grams.
- The detainee says he is a Senegalese minor and told police he was recruited via Snapchat for a €600 payout to ignite the device.
- The anti-terror office is directing the investigation as forensic teams test the device and officers search for a man who fled the scene.