Champs Elysees attacker had been in Turkey and had huge arsenal of weapons - prosecutor

Record ID: 896611

  • Title: Champs Elysees attacker had been in Turkey and had huge arsenal of weapons - prosecutor
  • Date: 22nd June 2017
  • Summary: POLICEMAN SEARCHING TRUNK OF CAR PARIS, FRANCE (JUNE 22, 2017) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (French) PARIS PROSECUTOR FRANCOIS MOLINS SAYING: "This move into action, which interrogates, as much by the operational mode used as well as by the profile of the author, without a doubt did not reach the desired goal. The arsenal discovered in the vehicle - which I will come back to during my statement - the arsenal discovered in the vehicle highlights the scale of the terrorist act that was being prepared, which - if it had succeeded - would have had terrible consequences on human life." PARIS, FRANCE (JUNE 19, 2017) (REUTERS) POLICE TYING SHEET TO TENT TO HIDE BODY
  • Embargoed: 6th July 2017 15:45
  • Keywords: Francois Molins France Champs Elysees Turkey
  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
  • City: PARIS, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice
  • Reuters ID: LVA0056MD1WLJ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:The man behind this week's attempted attack in Paris' Champs Elysees avenue had been to Turkey several times in 2016 where authorities questioned him over large amounts of gold and jewellery in his possession, and he had a huge arsenal of weapons, said the Paris prosecutor on Thursday (June 22).
    Paris public prosecutor Francois Molins told a news conference that the attacker - whom he named as French national "Adam D" - had also wanted to go to Syria and had pledged allegiance to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
    On June 19, the individual had rammed a car carrying weapons and explosives into a police van as it drove in a convoy down Paris's Champs Elysees, and subsequently died.
    Molins said authorities had not yet identified the nature of orange smoke coming out of the car after the attack. In his car were an assault rifle, two pistols, ammunition and two large gas canisters, authorities had previously said.
    Adam D was married to a Tunisian and had two children, added Molins.
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