Gare Montparnasse – Two people arrested with 9 gas bottles, threatening to blow everything up – Gérald Darmanin asks “to strengthen the security of all stations without delay”
Gare Montparnasse – Two people arrested with 9 gas bottles, threatening to blow everything up – Gérald Darmanin asks “to strengthen the security of all stations without delay”
8:00 p.m.: Update on what we know – Two homeless men were arrested on Friday, December 30 in the morning, Montparnasse station in Paris. They were in possession of “nine small gas cylinders of the camping stove type”, learned franceinfo from the Paris prosecutor’s office. They were placed in police custody for apologizing for terrorism, confirming information from Figaro.
A 51-year-old man of French nationality, “unknown to the police, possibly of fragile mental health and alcoholic at the time of the events”, shouted that he was going to “blow himself up”, specifies this same source. However, it did not have the slightest firing system.
At his side was another 29-year-old man, of Libyan nationality, “known for violations of the legislation on foreigners”, adds the prosecution. The railway network brigade was in charge of the investigations.
The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, has also asked the Paris police chief, Laurent Nuñez, to strengthen the security of the capital’s stations, the minister’s entourage told AFP.
5:25 p.m .: According to Le Figaro, the two people arrested are Éric, a 51-year-old Frenchman and Abdelwahed, a 29-year-old Libyan
4:42 p.m .: The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, asked the Prefect of Police, Laurent Nuñez, to immediately reinforce the security of all stations.
4:37 p.m .: This is information revealed this afternoon by Le Figaro. Two people were arrested this morning with nine gas bottles in Montparnasse in Paris. According to the daily, two people were intercepted around 7:45 a.m. by the police as they shouted that they wanted to “blow up everything” around them.
In their bag, the police discovered the nine gas cylinders, all full but described as “harmless”. Obviously, the two suspects had no firing system. The latter were placed in police custody as part of an open procedure for “apology for terrorism”.
