Paris.-A man entered the Iranian consulate in Paris this Friday with fake explosives and caused panic in the French capital, amid the escalation of tension in the Middle East.
According to first reports, the man was seen today at 11 a.m. entering the Iranian consulate on rue de Fresnel, in the 16th arrondissement.
Minutes later he left the consulate. The special forces police questioned him outside the consulate and assured that he was not carrying explosives on his body. Firefighters surrounded the diplomatic building. It is not known whether or not it is a terrorist act. The area remains completely closed.
The police entered the building to find out whether or not there are explosives. A sensitive fact because by diplomatic convention it is Iranian territory and there is no ambassador from that country in France.
The event occurred hours following the Israeli attack on Iran and when the domestic situation in Iran once morest the mullahs’ regime is highly conflictive.
“Today, around eleven in the morning, a single witness saw a man enter the Iranian consulate on rue de Fresnel, in Paris 16, carrying a grenade or an explosive vest,” a source from the security headquarters had noted. Paris police. The head of that force mobilized the BRI and established a security perimeter.
According to a police source told Le Parisien newspaper, a witness reported that a man showed up at the Iranian consulate around 11 a.m. this Friday. He then took off his coat and revealed a homemade explosive belt that was later proven to be fake. Clarín.
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2024-04-24 12:30:34
