French police make two more arrests over foiled attack on Bank of America

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · Mar 30, 2026 · 481 words · By AFP; The Associated Press

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French police make two more arrests over foiled attack on Bank of America Prosecutors investigating suspected link to Iran war due to similarities with other recent attempted attacks in Europe.

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What happened

French police make two more arrests over foiled attack on Bank of America Prosecutors investigating suspected link to Iran war due to similarities with other recent attempted attacks in Europe.

Why it matters

French police have arrested two more people over a foiled attack on Bank of America’s Paris headquarters as authorities probe a suspected link with the Iran war.

Common ground

The National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT) said that five suspects are now being held in custody, including three minors arrested after Saturday’s attempted attack with a homemade explosive device, and two adults detained on Monday.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Typically, intelligence services of this country [Iran] operate in this way. They use proxies, a series of subcontractors, often common criminals, to carry out highly targeted actions aimed at US interests, the interests of the Jewish community, or Iranian opposition figures?
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Claim 1: “Typically, intelligence services of this country [Iran] operate in this way. They use proxies, a series of subcontractors, often common criminals, to carry out highly targeted actions aimed at US interests, the interests of the Jewish community, or Iranian opposition figures”

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Claim 2: “French police have arrested two more people over a foiled attack on Bank of America’s Paris headquarters as authorities probe a suspected link with the Iran war”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Bank of France (French: Banque de France [bɑ̃k də fʁɑ̃s]) is the national central bank for France within the Eurosystem. It was the French central bank between 1800 and 1998, issuing the French fr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_France

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Catacombs of Paris (French: Catacombes de Paris, ) are underground ossuaries in Paris, France, which hold the remains of more than six million people. Built to consolidate Paris's ancient stone q…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catacombs_of_Paris

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Paris is the capital and largest city of France, with an estimated city population of 2.04 million in an area of 105.4 km2 (40.7 sq mi), and a metropolitan population of 13.2 million as of January 202…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris

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Claim 3: “PNAT is now investigating a number of suspected offences, including attempted damage by fire or other dangerous means in connection with a 'terrorist plot'”

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Claim 4: “French police make two more arrests over foiled attack on Bank of America”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following list of banks in France is to be understood within the framework of the European single market and European banking union, which means that France's banking system is more open to cross-…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banks_in_France

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following are lists of the largest commercial banks in the world, as measured by total assets and market capitalization.
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Claim 5: “On Monday, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said authorities were investigating a suspected link to the Iran war due to similarities with other recent attempted attacks in Europe for which a pro-Iran group claimed responsibility”

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Claim 6: “The 'modus operandi is in every respect similar to actions that have been carried out in the Netherlands and in Belgium', Nunez said on French radio network RTL, alluding to claims of responsibility from a group known on Telegram as Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia”

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Claim 7: “The group, whose name translates to mean 'Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right', also claimed responsibility for an attack last week in London, where four ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity were set on fire in the neighbourhood of Golders Green”

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Claim 8: “Police said the first detainee had told them he was a minor and from Senegal and that they were working to verify his identity”

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Claim 9: “A police source told AFP that he claimed to have been recruited through the Snapchat app to carry out a bombing in exchange for 600 euros ($688)”

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cross reference SUPPORTS — The suspect said he had been recruited via the Snapchat app to carry out the bombing in exchange for 600 euros
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260328-%F0%9F%94%B4-fra…

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Claim 10: “Prosecutors investigating suspected link to Iran war due to similarities with other recent attempted attacks in Europe”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) is an independent body of the European Union (EU) with a juridical personality, established under the Treaty of Lisbon between 24 of the 27 states of the…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i (Persian: غلام حسین محسنی اژه‌ای, romanized: Ğolām-Hoseyn Mohseni Eže'i, Persian pronunciation: [ɢolɒːmhoˈsejn mohseˈniː eʒeˈjiː] ; born 29 September 1956) is an Iranian p…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to th…
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Claim 11: “Police arrested the first suspect after he placed the device, which consisted of an ignition system and five litres of liquid believed to be fuel, outside the US financial institution near the Champs-Elysees in the city’s 8th arrondissement”

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Claim 12: “The suspect who placed the device was accompanied by a second person, who appeared to be taking photos and videos with a mobile phone, but fled when police arrived”

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