France steps up Paris security after foiled attack on Bank of America offices

Record ID: 2372679

  • Title: France steps up Paris security after foiled attack on Bank of America offices
  • Date: 2nd April 2026
  • Summary: TEHRAN, IRAN (APRIL 2, 2026) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) IFRC HEAD OF DELEGATION IN IRAN, MARIA MARTINEZ, SAYING: “Humanitarian needs are rising by the hour, and increasing that international support is essential to protect civilians and sustain this emergency response operation, and also the fact that humanitarian personnel are not a target. We need to respect the Red
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  • Keywords: Bank of America Paris security
  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
  • City: PARIS, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,International/National Security
  • Reuters ID: LVA003953902042026RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: France has increased security at sensitive sites across Paris after a foiled bomb attack on Bank of America's offices that prompted some other U.S. banks in France and Germany to allow their staff to work remotely on Thursday (April 2).
        Citing an elevated "terrorist threat," Paris police said they had reinforced protection around religious and cultural sites, diplomatic premises and some economic venues, as well as across the wider metropolitan region.
        Four suspects, including three teenagers and an adult, have been placed under formal investigation for their alleged role in last week's attempted attack, French anti-terrorism prosecutors said on Wednesday (April 1).
        The adult is suspected of recruiting the teens and paying them between 500 and 1,000 euros ($580-$1,160) to plant and film themselves placing the bomb. All four, who are in pre-trial detention, deny terrorist intent.
        Their improvised explosive device, a five-litre petrol can taped to a large pyrotechnic charge, was the most powerful of its kind identified in France to date, prosecutors said.
    (Production: Clotaire Achi, Antony Paone, Lucien Libert, Lewis Macdonald)
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