Parcel trapped in Lyon: four suspects arrested, searches in progress
The first suspect is a 24-year-old man of Algerian nationality who is studying computer science. Living with his mother, it is unknown to the police and gendarmerie, having never appeared in the scope of intelligence. he was arrested Monday at 9:55, while he was boarding a bus near his home in the 7th arrondissement of Lyon.
At the sight of the BIS, he raised his arms in calm. The police did not want to capture him at his home, where could be TATP, the explosive that was used to make the bomb Friday night.
According to information from Figaro , the student, under surveillance since Sunday, was placed in custody in Lyon, and will be transferred to Paris after a first hearing. At the last stage of the investigation, his motives remain unknown. No claims were registered by the services. Several searches are ongoing, including his home in Oullins, near the suburbs of Lyon, in his presence.
He was arrested after an investigation described as "exemplary", says an informed source. The trick was not made on the basis of intelligence but, from the same source, it is the result of a "cross-check work done on field findings, video surveillance and police work carried out on a DNA ". According to our information, it was taken on three different media
A second suspect, his brother, was also arrested. According to our information, obtained from police sources, the Research and Intervention Brigade (BRI) and the Anti-Terrorism Sub-Directorate (SDAT) led the operation. It would be a minor schooled at the Lycée Ampère de Lyon.
The mother of the main suspect in the investigation of the explosion of a parcel bomb that made 13 casualties Friday in Lyon was also arrested and placed in custody Monday, according to the Paris prosecutor. His sister is also questioned by the police but in a free hearing, according to the same source.
According to the Paris prosecutor's office, the father of the main suspect was arrested and placed in police custody.
A young man of Algerian nationality sets off a bomb in France in a terrorism attempt. I never in a million years would have imagined that./sarcasm