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takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

Police have arrested a couple in connection to gas canisters [nytimes.com] found in a parked car near the Notre Dame Cathedral:

A criminal terrorist investigation has been opened in Paris following the discovery of a car parked near Notre Dame Cathedral with seven gas canisters and pages written in Arabic inside, prosecutors said.

The Paris prosecutor's office revealed Wednesday that a couple it described as radicalized —a 34-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman— was arrested a day earlier and transferred to Paris to be questioned in the case.

The car found near the famous cathedral on Sunday morning had its license plates removed and hazard lights on. That evening, its owner went to the police to report that his is radicalized daughter was missing but without saying his car had also disappeared, the prosecutor's office said. Police briefly detained and questioned the car owner before letting him go, the prosecutor's office said. His daughter still is being sought, the office said.

Also at Reuters [reuters.com], WSJ [wsj.com], Le Figaro [lefigaro.fr]. What's in the can?

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