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Decapitated body found in attack on French factory | |
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A decapitated body has been found near the site of an attack on a gas factory in eastern France, according to a legal source. | |
An attacker carrying a suspected Islamist flag killed one person and injured several others, the source said. | |
The assailant entered the factory near Lyon and set off several small explosive devices. A decapitated body was found nearby, another source said. | |
“According to the initial findings of the inquiry, one or several individuals on board a vehicle drove into the factory. An explosion then took place,” AFP was told. | |
“The decapitated body of a person was found nearby the factory but we do not yet know whether the body was transported to the place or not,” added the source, who also said that a flag with Arabic writing on it was found at the scene. | |
A man believed to be the person who carried out the attack has been arrested, according to sources close to the inquiry. | |
The French Interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, said he was heading immediately to the scene, his office said. | |
The attack took place at about 10am local time, according to local media. | |
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