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| Paris ‘bomb factory’ suspects believed to have links to Syria |
| 2017-09-08 |
| [NYPOST] French authorities investigating a suspected bomb factory near Gay Paree believe three suspects were preparing attacks and had made calls to Syria, a minister said Thursday. Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said the suspects were possibly planning to attack a bank and had made phone calls to unidentified contacts in Syria. "Those under investigation spoke of wanting to blow up a bank with the TATP but the way we see it is they have links with terrorism, and this is the channel of investigation," Collomb told public radio station La Belle Franceinfo. TATP, a peroxide-based explosive employed by Islamic Lion of Islams, has been used in several attacks in Western Europe ...also known as Moslem Lebensraum... in recent years, including Manchester in May, Brussels in 2016 and Gay Paree in 2015. Two men were held Wednesday and the third man was detained Thursday, according to the Gay Paree prosecutor’s office, which provided no further information. Meanwhile, ...back at the palazzo, Don Smilzo looked for an avenue of escape. The only window opened a hundred feet above the moat. The nearest of the hired assassins hold a bloody axe. The window was looking better all the time.... two French officials said authorities have found more explosive components in a garage rented by one of the three suspects. A police source confirmed the new discovery in Thiais, a suburban city close to the Villejuif apartment where TATP was found Wednesday thanks to a tip from a plumber. The Gay Paree daily Le Gay Pareeien reported that the plumber was working on a stubborn leak, according to Agence La Belle France-Presse. He was outside the building when he saw chemicals on a balcony of the apartment, and noticed a soldering iron and a hot plate through the window, the paper reported, quoting a source close to the investigation. A counterterrorism probe was opened under potential charges of "criminal terrorist association" and production, possession and transportation of explosive substances "in relation with a terrorist action by an organized gang." The arrests raised questions about whether the suspects might be linked to a jihadist cell in Spain that carried out two vehicular attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils last month, AFP reported. "It is possible there were links, but honestly I don’t know," Collomb said. |
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