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US Paris embassy bomb alert
French police holding 10 people in relation to a warning of a bomb attack against the US embassy in Paris said Monday the alarm appeared to be a hoax but the suspects would likely be prosecuted for visa violations. The 10 - most of whom were Egyptians in France illegally - were arrested Sunday after the embassy received a threat from a caller that it was about to be targeted by a "vehicle filled with explosives," officers with the anti-terrorist squad said. Security was immediately tightened around the building, located on the Place de la Concorde at the bottom of the famous Champs-Elysees Avenue in the centre of the capital, but no attack or alarming behaviour materialised, police and an embassy spokeswoman told AFP. The suspects were arrested on the basis of a list of telephone numbers the anonymous caller gave during the warning. But officers said after questioning them Monday and searching their homes that it looked like they had nothing to do with any terrorist plot.Posted by: Seafarious 2003-12-09 |
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