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Police operation in Paris over ‘youths threatening to blow up bus’ (PHOTOS) | Police operation in Paris over ‘youths threatening to blow up bus’ (PHOTOS) |
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The French police conducted a brief special operation in Paris, cordoning off a street and detaining “young men [who were] threatening to blow up” a bus, local media reported. | |
It all started with police being alerted to a suspicious package on Bus No. 91, Le Figaro reported. | |
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. |
Three young people refused to comply with police orders and started threatening police, saying they were going to "to blow up the bus,"France Info reported, citing police. | |
The French edition of The Huffington Post cited police as saying that two youths were arrested. | |
Images posted on social media showed two people lying face down on the ground, surrounded by several armed officers. | 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, reports say. |