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| 'Explosives found' in Paris store | 'Explosives found' in Paris store |
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| Five sticks of explosive have been found and disabled in a top Paris department store, French police say. | |
| The Printemps Haussmann store was evacuated and cordoned off after the discovery, the AFP news agency said. | The Printemps Haussmann store was evacuated and cordoned off after the discovery, the AFP news agency said. |
| AFP said it had received a letter signed by a group calling itself the Afghan Revolutionary Front warning of "several bombs" placed in the store. | AFP said it had received a letter signed by a group calling itself the Afghan Revolutionary Front warning of "several bombs" placed in the store. |
| It quoted the French interior minister saying the explosives did not include any detonation device. | |
| The store was evacuated as Paris was busy with shoppers ahead of Christmas. | |
| The Afghan Revolutionary Front is a previously unknown group. | |
| France has about 3,000 troops serving with Nato in Afghanistan. |