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Police operation in Paris over ‘youths threatening to blow up bus’ (PHOTOS) | |
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The French police were conducting a special operation in Paris. There were reports of a suspicious package on a bus and “young men threatening to blow up” the vehicle. | |
Police cordoned off an area in the French capital’s 14th Arrondissement, also closing the nearby Gobelins metro station for security reasons. | Police cordoned off an area in the French capital’s 14th Arrondissement, also closing the nearby Gobelins metro station for security reasons. |
Two young people refused to comply with police orders and started threatening police, saying they were going to "to blow up the bus," according to France Info citing police. | |
Images posted on social media showed two people lying face down on the ground, surrounded by several armed officers. | |
After the detentions were made, the bus was examined for explosives, with traffic in the area resuming shortly afterward. |