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France’s interior minister links foiled bombing at Bank of America branch to Iran war
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French police stand outside the Bank of America building in Paris, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga)
France’s Interior Minister Laurent Nunez links a foiled attempt to bomb a Bank of America building in Paris to the war in the Middle East, pitting the US and Israel against Iran.
Police arrested a person about to set off a homemade explosive device in front of the building, near the Champs-Elysees, in the early hours of Saturday, sources told AFP.
Nunez tells news channel BFMTV that it makes him think of similar actions that had taken place elsewhere in Europe, such as in the Netherlands, where a suspected Iran-backed group targeted a Jewish school.
“I make a link between the actions carried out in neighboring countries” and claimed by “small groups that referred to the conflict,” he says.
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