By Mathieu Rosemain<\/p>\n
PARIS, March 29 (Reuters) – French authorities have arrested two more suspects over a foiled attack on Bank of America\u2019s Paris offices, the country\u2019s anti-terrorism prosecutor\u2019s office \u200csaid on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo further individuals were taken into police custody last night as part \u200cof the investigation launched on March 28, 2026 into the offences committed against Bank of America,\u201d the prosecutor\u2019s office said \u200bin a statement to Reuters. The custody of the first suspect arrested on Saturday, a minor, has been extended, it added.<\/p>\n
Under French law, suspects in terrorism cases can be held in custody for up to 96 hours, with further extensions possible under judicial oversight.<\/p>\n
The anti-terrorism prosecutor\u2019s office said on Saturday it \u200chad opened an investigation into attempted \u2060destruction by fire or other dangerous means, as well as the manufacture, possession and transport of an explosive or incendiary device.<\/p>\n
Asked about possible sponsors, Interior Minister \u2060Laurent Nunez pointed to suspicions involving Iran but said no conclusion had been reached.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn this type of conflict, you have a number of Iranian services that are likely to carry out actions such as these \u200bthrough \u200bproxies\u2026 There is a significant suspicion, but it is \u200bfor the investigation to determine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The \u200cIranian embassy in France declined to comment on Nunez\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n
The probe has been assigned to the Paris police judicial unit and France\u2019s domestic intelligence agency.<\/p>\n
Nunez said police intervened in the early hours of Saturday morning in Paris\u2019 8th arrondissement after a patrol assigned to protecting sensitive sites spotted two individuals placing and attempting to ignite an improvised explosive device outside the bank.<\/p>\n
Officers moved in and arrested \u200cone suspect at the scene while the second fled, Nunez \u200btold BFM TV late on Saturday.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne individual was trying \u200bto light an improvised explosive device made \u200bwith a container likely containing hydrocarbons and a crude ignition system, while another \u200cwas filming,\u201d Nunez said.<\/p>\n
He added that the \u200bdevice, though rudimentary, could have \u200bbeen lethal, and that officers prevented it from being ignited.<\/p>\n
Nunez said the individuals appeared to be \u201ccommon-law\u201d offenders acting as paid intermediaries, in what he described as a known modus \u200boperandi involving proxies recruited to carry \u200cout such attacks.<\/p>\n
He said authorities had identified similarities with incidents in several European countries, \u200bincluding the Netherlands, Belgium, Britain and Norway, where improvised devices targeted sites linked to \u200bU.S. interests.<\/p>\n
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