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France: Four arrested for manufacturing explosives for possible suicide attack

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ANI London [United Kingdom]

Police has arrested four persons including a 16-year-old girl near Montpellier in France today, for manufacturing explosives for a possible suicide attack.

The girl was arrested alongside her 20-year-old boyfriend and two other men aged 26 and 33, reports the Independent.

It was reported that they were suspected of planning a suicide bombing in an unspecified tourist area of Paris.

The police found explosives and other equipment in a home shared by the girl and her boyfriend.

Triacetone triperoxide (TATP), a powerful explosive was found by the police inside a makeshift factory manufacturing the substance.

TATP was used in the Paris and Brussels attacks.

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First Published: Feb 10 2017 | 10:20 PM IST

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