(AP photo)PARIS: French authorities have thwarted a possible attack using ricin or explosives and arrested two brothers, the interior minister said Friday. Gerard Collomb told BFM television that authorities were tracking extremist activity on social networks and identified two young men "preparing to commit an attack with explosives or ricin". He said the young men were of Egyptian origin but didn't indicate their nationality or provide other details about where or when they were arrested. The assailant in Saturday's attack, a 20-year-old Frenchman of Chechen origin, had been on a watch list for radicals, like several others who have attacked France in recent years. The assailant was killed by police, and a close friend of his was arrested and given preliminary terrorism charges Thursday night.

Source: Bangkok Post May 18, 2018 07:07 UTC