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nitpicker

(7,153 posts)
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 07:43 AM Feb 2017

France security: 'Suicide bomber plot foiled' in Montpellier

Source: BBC

France security: 'Suicide bomber plot foiled' in Montpellier

6 minutes ago

From the section Europe

A suspected would-be suicide bomber was one of four people arrested in the southern French city of Montpellier by anti-terrorist police.
Home-made explosives similar to those used in the Paris attacks of November 2015 were also discovered, police and judicial sources said. A girl of 16 was arrested along with three young men.
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The four suspects in Montpellier were arrested after buying acetone, a police source told AFP news agency. Acetone is an ingredient used in the making of triacetone triperoxide (TATP), a high explosive. TATP, the same explosive used in bomb vests worn by militants in the Paris attacks, was found in the city along with the acetone, a judicial source said.

According to AFP, the female suspect had been spotted on social networks saying she wanted to leave for the Syria-Iraq conflict zone or mount an attack in France instead.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38930201

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France security: 'Suicide bomber plot foiled' in Montpellier (Original Post) nitpicker Feb 2017 OP
It sounds like French security is Ilsa Feb 2017 #1
What makes a sixteen year old French kid want to become a suicide bomber? oberliner Feb 2017 #2
She certainly wasn't born that way leftynyc Feb 2017 #3
It's time to deport Americans with European heritage IronLionZion Feb 2017 #4

Ilsa

(61,690 posts)
1. It sounds like French security is
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 07:58 AM
Feb 2017

Vigilant and working all sources to keep people safe. I hope they are getting all the help they need to root out the extremists.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
2. What makes a sixteen year old French kid want to become a suicide bomber?
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 08:23 AM
Feb 2017

What were these people telling her?

IronLionZion

(45,380 posts)
4. It's time to deport Americans with European heritage
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:14 AM
Feb 2017

just until we can figure this European problem out.



Yeah, is wrong with girls like this? Why not just get a tattoo or listen to loud music like other angry teenagers?

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