PARIS, April 19 — French authorities in the present day detained a person suspected of getting into the Iranian consulate in Paris and claiming to be carrying explosives, police and prosecutors stated.
No explosives or arms have been discovered on the person or the premises after he surrendered to police after the incident.
Police arrested the suspect, born in 1963 in Iran, when he exited of his personal accord after showing to have “threatened violent motion” inside, the Paris prosecutor’s workplace stated.
But “no explosive supplies have been noticed at this stage,” both on him, in his automotive or in the constructing, it stated.
A police supply earlier informed eNM that the mission known as in legislation enforcement after a witness noticed “a person enter carrying a grenade or an explosive belt”.
An eNM journalist stated the entire neighbourhood across the consulate in the capital’s sixteenth district had been closed off and a heavy police presence was in place.
French police officers participate in a safety perimiter close to the consulate of Iran in Paris, as an individual was suspected of getting into the constructing with explosives April 19, 2024. — eNM pic
Paris transport firm RATP wrote on X, previously Twitter, stated visitors had been suspended on two metro traces that move by way of stops near the consulate.
Iran’s embassy and consulate in the French capital share the identical constructing however have two totally different entrances on separate streets.
The incident got here with tensions working excessive in the Middle East and Israel launching an obvious strike on central Iran in a single day.
There was nevertheless no suggestion of any hyperlink.
French broadcaster BFM TV, citing a supply near the investigation, reported that the identical man was on account of seem in court docket on Monday over a fireplace at the consulate in September 2023.
A decrease court docket had handed him an eight-month suspended sentence and prohibited him from getting into the realm across the consulate, however he’s interesting the decision, it stated.
France raised its nationwide safety alert to its most stage following an assault on a live performance venue in Moscow on March 22, for which the Islamic State group claimed duty. — eNM
