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Man beheaded in suspected 'Islamist attack' in France
Paris, June 26
A man was beheaded and at least
one other person injured on Friday in a suspected Islamist attack on a
gas factory near the French city of Lyon, media reports said.
According
to sources, there were several small explosions, possibly caused by gas
canisters, at the Air Products factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, BBC
reported.
A man has been arrested by anti-terror police, officials said.
The man in custody had no ID papers and has refused to speak to anti-terrorism police, French broadcaster BFM TV reported.
According
to French newspaper Le Dauphine Libere a man was seen driving back and
forth in front of the target building earlier in the day.
President
Francois Hollande will leave the ongoing European Union (EU) summit in
Brussels later in the day and return to France.
Alain Juppe, the mayor of Bordeaux, condemned the attack in a tweet.
"The
terrorist threat is at a maximum," he said, adding that France "must
make every effort to protect its citizens," he tweeted.
Prime Minister Manuel Valls has ordered for tight security nationwide.
According
to earlier reports by The Local news portal, apart from the decapitated
man, several others were also injured in the attack.