French police foil Paris bomb attack outside US bank
French police stopped a bomb attack outside a US bank in Paris, arresting a man with a homemade explosive device. The incident occurred early Saturday near the Champs-Elysees.
French police stopped an apparent bomb attack outside a US bank in Paris early on Saturday when they arrested a man about to set off a homemade explosive device, officials and sources close to the case said. The incident occurred around 3.30am in front of a Bank of America building in the chic 8th arrondissement, a couple of streets from the Champs-Elysees. Police grabbed the man just after he placed a device, made of five litres of liquid (1.3 gallons), believed to be fuel, and an ignition...