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Car with 7 gas canisters found near Notre Dame cathedral
2016-09-07
going on a loooong trip and don't wanna stop for gas? Wearing diapers? Former Astronut Lisa Nowak? So many questions
PARIS (AyeePeee) ‐ Two people were in custody Wednesday after a car parked near Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was found with seven gas canisters inside, and its license plates removed.

An employee of a nearby bar flagged the car discovered Sunday morning along the Seine River with its hazard lights on, according to two French officials. No one was inside, but police found six canisters filled with gas in the trunk and an empty canister in the car.

The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the investigation, said the car's owner and another person were taken into custody. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said it still was not clear why the car was abandoned.
Update from The Daily Mail at 12:50 p.m. ET:
Car packed with explosive gas cylinders and left near Paris's Notre Dame 'belonged to radicalised French woman who wanted to join ISIS'

BLUF: Car's owner, now in custody, is on watchlist of suspected religious radicals, disappeared with her boyfriend, caught heading to Spain. Test run? No explosives or detonator. Arabic documents found in the car. Police raids picked up several others, but only the car owner and her boyfriend arrested.
It being The Daily Mail, there will no doubt be updates as new information comes in, so check the source later.
Posted by:Frank G

#2  1) She was a Parisian who wanted to join ISIS.
2) She had mental problems.
3) No harm, no foul.
Posted by: gorb   2016-09-07 15:27  

#1  Nitrogen? Propane? Helium? Sarin? Gasoline? SCUBA?
Posted by: KBK   2016-09-07 09:48  

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