French police have arrested two more suspects in connection with an attempted attack on a US bank headquarters in Paris, bringing the total in custody to five. The motive is believed to be linked to the war in the Middle East.

French police on Monday arrested two more people over an apparent bid to set off a homemade explosive device outside a Bank of America branch in Paris, bringing the total in custody to five, prosecutors said. The arrests follow an incident early Saturday morning when police arrested a first suspect after he placed a device outside the US financial institution near the Champs-Elysees. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez suggested on Saturday that the war in the Middle East might have motivated the at...