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| 'Isis supporters' who left car filled with gas cylinders by Notre Dame were plotting to attack Paris railway station | 'Isis supporters' who left car filled with gas cylinders by Notre Dame were plotting to attack Paris railway station |
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| A suspected group of Isis supporters who abandoned a car filled with gas cylinders near Notre Dame cathedral had been planning to attack one of Paris’ largest railway stations, officials say. | A suspected group of Isis supporters who abandoned a car filled with gas cylinders near Notre Dame cathedral had been planning to attack one of Paris’ largest railway stations, officials say. |
| A police officer was stabbed while detaining three women linked to the alleged plot, including a 19-year-old who had pledged allegiance to the so-called Islamic State. | A police officer was stabbed while detaining three women linked to the alleged plot, including a 19-year-old who had pledged allegiance to the so-called Islamic State. |
| The French interior ministry told Reuters an alert was issued to all railway stations in the capital after a plot was uncovered to attack the Gare de Lyon on Thursday. | |
| It lies south-east city centre, little over a mile from where the car was found abandoned near Notre Dame on Saturday night. | It lies south-east city centre, little over a mile from where the car was found abandoned near Notre Dame on Saturday night. |
| Officials said the youngest of the three women arrested, 19-year-old Ines Madani, had written a letter pledging allegiance to Isis. | Officials said the youngest of the three women arrested, 19-year-old Ines Madani, had written a letter pledging allegiance to Isis. |
| She was shot in the leg and arrested after a stand-off on Thursday night with police in Boussy-Saint-Antoine. | She was shot in the leg and arrested after a stand-off on Thursday night with police in Boussy-Saint-Antoine. |
| Television footage showed a officers leaving the scene carrying a large knife. | Television footage showed a officers leaving the scene carrying a large knife. |
| Madani’s father, the owner of the car, was already suspected of wanting to travel to Syria to fight for the group by police. | Madani’s father, the owner of the car, was already suspected of wanting to travel to Syria to fight for the group by police. |
| He was taken into custody earlier this week but later released after presenting himself to police on Sunday to report his daughter had disappeared with the car. | He was taken into custody earlier this week but later released after presenting himself to police on Sunday to report his daughter had disappeared with the car. |
| “These three women aged 39, 23 and 19 had been radicalised, were fanatics and were in all likelihood preparing an imminent, violent act,” interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve said. | “These three women aged 39, 23 and 19 had been radicalised, were fanatics and were in all likelihood preparing an imminent, violent act,” interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve said. |
| They are among five women and two men so far arrested in the case. | They are among five women and two men so far arrested in the case. |
| French media has reported links between the suspects and Hayat Boumeddiene, the wife of supermarket attacker Amedy Coulibaly who now lives in Isis territory, Larossi Abballa, who murdered a police officer and his wife earlier this year, and Normandy church attacker Adel Kermiche. | |
| There was speculation the plot could have been intended as revenge for last month's killing of Isis' second-in-command and spokesman Abu Muhammad Al-Adnani in an air strike. | |
| Security in train stations around Paris was visibly higher as the investigation widened on Friday, and prosecutor Francois Molins has scheduled a major press conference for the afternoon. | Security in train stations around Paris was visibly higher as the investigation widened on Friday, and prosecutor Francois Molins has scheduled a major press conference for the afternoon. |
| The probe was sparked on Saturday night, after a Peugeot 607 laden with gas cylinders was found abandoned in Rue du Petit-Pont, with its hazard lights flashing and no number plates. | The probe was sparked on Saturday night, after a Peugeot 607 laden with gas cylinders was found abandoned in Rue du Petit-Pont, with its hazard lights flashing and no number plates. |
| Police sources said no detonator had been found in the car, though the vehicle also contained three containers of diesel. | Police sources said no detonator had been found in the car, though the vehicle also contained three containers of diesel. |
| Gas cylinders and fuel can be used in attempts to make car bombs, such as those discovered and disabled in London in 2007. | Gas cylinders and fuel can be used in attempts to make car bombs, such as those discovered and disabled in London in 2007. |
| Terror attacks have killed more than 230 people in France since January last year, with the Charlie Hebdo massacre carried out by al-Qaeda sympathisers followed by Isis’ Paris attacks, a string of lone wolf murders and the Nice attack that left more than 80 dead. | Terror attacks have killed more than 230 people in France since January last year, with the Charlie Hebdo massacre carried out by al-Qaeda sympathisers followed by Isis’ Paris attacks, a string of lone wolf murders and the Nice attack that left more than 80 dead. |
| Isis has called on its supporters to launch massacres on French soil as the country continues to take part in international air strikes against its militants in Syria and Iraq. | Isis has called on its supporters to launch massacres on French soil as the country continues to take part in international air strikes against its militants in Syria and Iraq. |
| The country remains under a continuing state of emergency, allowing authorities increased powers of surveillance and arrest. | The country remains under a continuing state of emergency, allowing authorities increased powers of surveillance and arrest. |