PARIS, France, March 29, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - French police stopped an apparent bomb attack outside a US bank in Paris early Saturday when they arrested a person about to set off a homemade explosive device, officials and sources close to the case told AFP. Both the Paris judicial police and France's domestic intelligence service, the General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI), were involved in the investigation, the office told AFP. A separate police source told AFP that while he was placing the charge, the accomplice stepped back, apparently to take a photo or video of the crime with his mobile phone. A spokesperson for Bank of America, whose US headquarters is in Charlotte, North Carolina, told AFP they were aware of the situation and were in communication with the French authorities. Earlier this month, Dutch officials said they thought four youths arrested on suspicion of detonating an explosive device outside a Rotterdam synagogue might have been recruited by Iran.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha March 29, 2026 05:17 UTC