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France attack: Man decapitated in attack near Lyon France attack: Man decapitated at factory near Lyon
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France has begun a terror investigation after a decapitated body was found at the scene of a suspected Islamist attack on a US-owned gas factory near the south-eastern city of Lyon. A man has been found decapitated at a gas factory near Lyon in France, after an attack President Francois Hollande said bore the hallmarks of terrorism.
One arrested man suspected to have rammed a car into the factory had been investigated over possible ties to Islamist radicals, officials said. A car was rammed into the factory on Friday morning causing a number of explosions that injured two people.
President Francois Hollande said the aim was to blow up the factory. Within hours a man was arrested who officials said had been investigated over possible ties to radical Islam.
Officials say the decapitated person was a local businessman. French media report the suspect was an employee of the decapitated man, who owned a local delivery company.
His head was found on a post at the gates to the Air Products gas factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, some 40km (25 miles) from Lyon. His delivery firm made regular trips to the factory, which is owned by the US-based company Air Products, Dauphine Libere newspaper reports.
Mr Hollande said the decapitated body had "inscriptions" on it. The French interior minister said: "A flag with Arabic writing on it was found at the scene".
No further details have been released of the circumstances around the businessman's death.
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At a press conference, Mr Hollande confirmed that two attackers had targeted the chemicals factory at around 10:00 local time (08:00 GMT). Few details of the killing have been released, but the man's head was reportedly found on a post at the factory, in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, some 40km (25 miles) from Lyon.
Mr Hollande said the decapitated body had "inscriptions" on it. The French interior minister said: "A flag with Arabic writing on it was found at the scene."
France immediately launched a terror investigation as news of the attack emerged.
At a press conference soon after the incident, Mr Hollande confirmed that two attackers had targeted the chemicals factory at around 10:00 local time (08:00 GMT).
He said a car made it through the factory gates before ploughing into gas canisters, sparking an explosion that injured two people.He said a car made it through the factory gates before ploughing into gas canisters, sparking an explosion that injured two people.
"We have no doubt that the attack was to blow up the building. It bears the hallmarks of a terrorist attack," he said."We have no doubt that the attack was to blow up the building. It bears the hallmarks of a terrorist attack," he said.
Speaking from the scene, France's Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said a number of people were in custody over the attack, including a 35-year-old man named as Yacine Sali. One of those arrested within hours of the attack was a man officials named as Yacine Sali, 35.
Mr Sali, he said, had been "under investigation for radicalisation but this investigation was not renewed in 2008. He had no police record." Mr Sali had been "under investigation for radicalisation but this investigation was not renewed in 2008. He had no police record," France's Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said.
The suspect's partner spoke to Europe 1 earlier on Friday and said he had left for his delivery job as normal and did not come home. She has since been taken into custody. The suspect's partner spoke to Europe 1 earlier on Friday and expressed shock at the news of his arrest, saying he had left for his delivery job as normal and did not come home. She has since been taken into custody.
Another suspect who is believed to have been driving back and forth past the factory before the attack has also been arrested, local media report. Another suspect who believed to have been driving back and forth past the factory before the attack was also arrested, local media reported.
Air Products makes gases and chemicals for a wide range of industries, including technology, energy, healthcare, food. It is based in the US, but has more than 20,000 employees in 50 countries around the world.Air Products makes gases and chemicals for a wide range of industries, including technology, energy, healthcare, food. It is based in the US, but has more than 20,000 employees in 50 countries around the world.
"We can confirm that an incident occurred at our facility in L'Isle-d'Abeau, France this morning," a company spokesperson said."We can confirm that an incident occurred at our facility in L'Isle-d'Abeau, France this morning," a company spokesperson said.
"Our priority at this stage is to take care of our employees, who have been evacuated from the site and all accounted for.""Our priority at this stage is to take care of our employees, who have been evacuated from the site and all accounted for."
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has ordered that security be stepped up at sensitive sites around Lyon. Prime Minister Manuel Valls ordered security to be stepped up at sensitive sites around Lyon.
Mr Hollande, who left the EU summit in Brussels early to return to France, promised "action, prevention and dissuasion" to stop any more terrorist attacks. Mr Hollande, who left the EU summit in Brussels early to return to France, made reference to the attacks on Charlie Hebdo magazine and a Jewish supermarket in and around Paris in January that killed 17 people.
"We all remember what happened before in our country. There is therefore a lot of emotion," he said referring to the attacks on Charlie Hebdo magazine and a Jewish supermarket in and around Paris in January that killed 17 people. "We all remember what happened before in our country. There is therefore a lot of emotion," he said.
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