The French counterterrorism prosecutor's office said Wednesday four individuals are suspected of “terrorist criminal conspiracy” after police thwarted a bomb attack outside a Bank of America building in Paris in a case believed to have links to Iran.
Police arrested one of the suspects outside the bank in the early hours of Saturday morning in front of the building where they found a homemade bomb made up of a gasoline-filled container taped to a powerful firework. Forensic experts said the device contained 650 grams (about 23 ounces) of explosives, an unusually large quantity not previously encountered in France. They said it could have produced a large fireball and ignited a significant blaze.
