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A witness saw a man enter carrying a grenade or an explosive belt, a media report said. (AP File Photo)
French police cordon off Iranian consulate in Paris after report of explosive, preparing to enter at consulate’s request
French authorities on Friday detained a man after receiving an alert from the Iranian consulate in Paris that someone had entered carrying an explosive, the capital’s police authority said.
“The man has exited the consulate and is being controlled” by police, it said, after a security source told AFP that the mission called in law enforcement following a witness seeing a man enter carrying a grenade or an explosive belt.
Earlier, a man was seen at about 11 am (local time) entering the consulate, carrying what appeared to be a grenade and explosive vest. Police had asked the public to avoid the area but provided no further details. Service was interrupted on a nearby metro line for security reasons, the RATP metro company said on X, formerly Twitter.
It was however unclear whether the incident had any link to the escalating tensions between Iran and Israel. Earlier on Friday, explosions echoed over the Iranian city of Isfahan in what reports described as an Israeli attack. However, Tehran played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for retaliation – a response that appeared gauged towards averting region-wide war in the Middle East.
(With agency inputs)
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