Four arrested in France over 'terrorist attack' plot

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Source: ITV News

France has "prevented terrorist acts this week", President Francois Hollande has said.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve says that four people aged between 16 and 23 were arrested on Monday over a planned "terrorist attack on a military site".

France is on high alert after Islamist militants killed 17 people in January in attacks in and around Paris, and an incident in June in which a suspected Islamist beheaded his boss and tried to blow up a US-owned industrial gas plant in the suburbs of Lyon.


Read more: http://www.itv.com/news/update/2015-07-15/france-has-prevented-terrorist-acts/

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France explosions: Devices found near Berre-L'Etang plant

Two devices have been found by investigators near a petrochemical plant in southern France, after explosions caused fires at two tanks in the early hours of Tuesday.

The blasts went off at the Berre L'Etang almost simultaneously 500m (1,600ft) apart.

Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said it was a criminal act but the motive was unknown.

The local prosecutor said nothing had been ruled out, including terrorism.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33537345

[snagglepuss]

1. Last week thieves broke into a French munitions depot, stealing

detonators and plastic explosives. What's the probability that these explosions are related to the break-in?