Paris terror plot arrests

by Tommy Monk Wed Sep 07, 2016 1:59 pm

A car, whose owner is on an intelligence services watchlist of people suspected of religious radicalization, was discovered near Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris on Saturday night with seven gas cylinders inside, police and judicial officials said on Wednesday.

The car owner was taken into custody but later released, one judicial official said. A couple, aged 34 and 29, were arrested at a motorway lay-by on Tuesday in southern France in connection with the incident and remained in custody, the official said.

The Peugeot 607, which had no registration plates, contained seven gas cylinders...

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-attacks-france-car-idUSKCN11D146