Two men in possession of gas cylinders without a firing system were arrested this Friday, December 30 morning at Montparnasse station in Paris. They were placed in police custody for advocating terrorism, facts then reclassified as repeated death threats.
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These two men, a 51-year-old Frenchman and a 29-year-old Libyan, were arrested shortly before 8 a.m. when they said they wanted “blow it all up”said one of these sources, confirming information from the “ Figaro “.
The French, who shouted that he was going to blow himself up, was alcoholic at the time of the events, and he is of possibly fragile mental health, according to this source. His police custody was lifted in the evening and he was transferred to the psychiatric infirmary of the police headquarters, the public prosecutor said.
He is unknown to the police, while the other man is only known for offenses against the legislation on foreigners.
Reinforced security in stations
They were “in possession of nine harmless gas cylinders” and “had no firing system”, another police source told AFP. They were camping stove-type bottles, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office.
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Deminers from the central laboratory of the Paris police headquarters were dispatched to the scene. The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, asked the Paris police chief, Laurent Nuñez, to strengthen the security of the stations of the capital, indicated the entourage of the minister.
More police officers and soldiers from Operation Sentinel could be mobilized, inside and around stations, the police headquarters told Le Parisien.
