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French hunt 'missing' explosives French hunt 'missing' explosives
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French police have launched an inquiry after 28kg (61lb) of explosives vanished from a security services site, an official told the news agency AFP. French anti-terrorist officers are hunting 28kg (61lb) of explosives missing from a security services site, an official told the news agency AFP.
Plastic explosives and detonators were found to have "disappeared" from the site at Corbas, near Lyon. A police source in Paris told the agency the missing material was Semtex - the deadly plastic explosive which is very hard to detect.
Detonators are also missing from the site at Corbas near Lyon, reports say.
Police said the discovery was made on Friday but the explosives could have been taken up to a week ago.Police said the discovery was made on Friday but the explosives could have been taken up to a week ago.
Officers from the French anti-terrorist squad are involved in the inquiry, reports say. Theft 'serious'
Police are treating the theft "very seriously", the Paris police source told AFP.
The store is described as belonging to a specialist anti-mines division.
Police sources declined to confirm a newspaper website report which said that the store had been unguarded, AFP said.