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Terrorism Suspected in Reported Attack on French Factory Suspected Terrorist Attack at Factory Near Lyon, France, Kills One
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The authorities swarmed a factory outside Lyon, France, on Friday after a man reportedly carrying an Islamic State flag attacked the site, news reports said. Attackers stormed a factory near Lyon, France, on Friday, killing at least one person in what the authorities said appeared to be a terrorist incident.
Agence-France Presse, quoting legal sources, said one person was dead and several had been hurt. The agency said an attacker had been arrested at the scene. A report from a local news site said one victim had been decapitated. French news reports said that a car carrying two people had driven onto the grounds of an industrial-gas plant in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, southeast of Lyon, and set off an explosion. One of the attackers reportedly waved an Islamic State flag during the attack.
News reports said that there was a decapitated body at the scene. The police provided no details other than to confirm that at least one person was dead and that several others had been wounded.
Bernard Cazeneuve, the interior minister, was heading to the scene, his office said. Prime Minister Manuel Valls ordered tightened security and “reinforced vigilance” on “sensitive” sites in the region, about 300 miles southeast of Paris. President François Hollande’s office said he would make a statement shortly.
The plant is operated by Air Products, a United States-based company.
Antiterrorism prosecutors in Paris said they had opened an investigation into what it called an “assassination and attempted assassinations in an organized group with a terrorist undertaking.”
The reported assault follows the attacks early this year on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris and a number of other violent episodes in Europe involving people claiming adherence to radical Islamic groups.The reported assault follows the attacks early this year on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris and a number of other violent episodes in Europe involving people claiming adherence to radical Islamic groups.
Bernard Cazeneuve, the interior minister, was heading to the scene, his office said.