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Two More Arrests After Paris Bomb Plot Foiled at Bank of America

France’s anti-terror prosecutor now leads the case under a counterterror probe.

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.