{"id":57284,"date":"2015-06-26T15:49:24","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T12:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=57284"},"modified":"2015-06-26T15:50:07","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T12:50:07","slug":"france-one-dead-two-injured-in-attack-on-factory-57284","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/france-one-dead-two-injured-in-attack-on-factory-57284\/","title":{"rendered":"France: one dead, two injured in attack on factory"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"At least one person has been killed and two injured in an attack on an industrial-gas factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, in the French southeastern department of Isere, said French President Francois Hollande Friday.<\/h1>\n

Reports say the attacker forced his way to the factory at around 10.00 a.m. local time (0800GMT) with a car causing an explosion.<\/p>\n

Hollande, who is in Brussels for an EU summit, confirmed the attack was “of a terrorist nature”.<\/p>\n

“The attacker drove into the gas canisters without a doubt to provoke an explosion,” Hollande said. “One person was driving the car and was perhaps accompanied by another.”<\/p>\n

He said a suspect had been arrested and had been identified. Sensitive sites near the location of the attack have had their security reinforced, he added.<\/p>\n

Hollande also confirmed earlier police reports saying a victim had been decapitated.<\/p>\n

French newspaper Le Figaro had reported earlier that decapitated head of a victim had been found hanging on the fence of the company grounds. Hollande said the head had inscriptions on it. The victim has not yet been identified.<\/p>\n

The French president is due to come back to France in the afternoon and he will hold an emergency defense meeting at 3.00 p.m. (1300GMT).<\/p>\n

Speaking onsite, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the suspected attacker had been identified as Yassin Salhi, known to French intelligence services due to alleged links with Salafist movement.<\/p>\n

According to Cazeneuve, the attacker had “no criminal record” but had been flagged in 2006 as “possibly radicalized”. The file was not “renewed in 2008”. He “was not identified as a risk,” said Cazeneuve.<\/p>\n

He added “others who may have been involved” were taken into custody.<\/p>\n

France’s Prime Minister Manual Valls, who is in Colombia for an official visit, has demanded to tighten security measures on sensitive sites in response to the attack.<\/p>\n

The Paris anti-terrorist prosecutor has launched an investigation into the attack, according to a statement from the capital’s High Court.<\/p>\n

France has been on high alert since January 2015 following two deadly attacks against French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo headquarters and a Kosher store, leaving 17 people dead (Anadolu Agency)<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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