French police find bombs, make arrests over ‘planned presidential election attack’ – IOTW Report

French police find bombs, make arrests over ‘planned presidential election attack’

France24: French police foiled an attack during the presidential election with the arrest of two men in Marseille on Tuesday. Explosives and weapons, including a machine gun and two hand guns were found at the suspects flat in the southern city.

The two Frenchmen, one born in 1987 and the other in 1993, had met while sharing a cell in prison and were known to police as having turned to radical Islam, Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins said at a press conference.

Molins added that an Islamic State group flag was also found in the apartment where the two suspects were arrested.  more here

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