Police find no weapons on man detained after operation at Iranian consulate in Paris • FRANCE 24

Police find no weapons on man detained after operation at Iranian consulate in Paris • FRANCE 24

Leo what else can you tell us about what
happened there
today yeah well Allison it’s all calm
here outside the Iranian Consulate in
the 16th aundi in Paris there’s no
police presence that wasn’t the case
until about 15 minutes ago when police
swarmed all over the Iranian consulate a
suspect entered at about 11: a.m. this
morning some sources said he was wearing
an explosive belt then that turned into
he was wearing a fake explosive belt and
that’s turned into he didn’t have any
explosives on him at all it turned out
to be a false alert it triggered a major
police operation here which ended when
the suspect exited the the embassy the
Consulate of his own accord about 2
hours ago what do we know about the
suspect well according to the French
police he was born in Iran in
1963 and he was already known to the
police in fact he was uh he was involved
in an attempted arson last September at
the very same consulate some sources
have also said that he was suffering
from mental health issues this of course
comes at a time when Paris and France at
a as a whole is uh at its highest
security alert and of course Allison it
comes with the Olympic Games right here
in Paris only 98 days away so that will
be some concern that’s right it is a
relief though that this incident at
least ended uh without issue Leo thank
you so much for that update that’s
France 24’s Leo mcguin reporting there
from outside the Iranian consulate here
in Paris

French authorities Friday detained a man suspected of entering the Iranian consulate in Paris and claiming to be carrying explosives, police and prosecutors said. No explosives or arms were found on the man or the premises after he surrendered to police after the incident. Police arrested the suspect, born in 1963 in Iran, when he exited of his own accord after appearing to have “threatened violent action” inside, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. FRANCE 24’s Leo McGuinn reports from the Iranian consulate in Paris.
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