A security perimeter was set up on Friday around the Iranian consulate in Paris and a police intervention was imminent after “a witness saw around 11 a.m. a man entering there carrying a grenade or an explosive vest “, has learned 20 minutes with the police headquarters (PP).
Information confirmed by a police source contacted by 20 Minutes who specifies that the man “would have removed his coat revealing a homemade belt on him”.
The individual would like to avenge his brother
According to the first witnesses, the individual placed flags on the ground of the consulate and said he wanted to avenge the death of his brother.
“The police prefect, Laurent Nuñez, mobilized the BRI”, an elite police unit, the same source added, specifying that the consulate had made a “request for intervention” to the PP.
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