PARIS - The main suspect in the bombing last week in the French city of Lyon that wounded 14 people had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, France’s counter-terrorism prosecutor said on Friday. Remy Heitz said in a statement the 24-year-old man has admitted making the bomb and depositing the device in front of a bakery. French President Emmanuel Macron had called the explosion an “attack” but no group has claimed responsibility for the explosion yet. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOWLast week, Heitz described video surveillance that showed a man heading toward the centre of Lyon on a bike. The suspect initially denied his involvement, then admitted “pledging allegiance to the IS deep down inside and dropping off the explosive device he had prepared beforehand,” Heitz said.

Source: thestar May 31, 2019 09:27 UTC