French authorities have arrested a 26-year-old Russian-Ukrainian man on suspicion of planning a violent act after he was injured in an explosion at a hotel near Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport. The man suffered serious burns and was treated by a fire brigade before being taken into custody.
According to the Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office, investigators discovered materials and products intended for manufacturing explosive devices in the suspect’s hotel room. The arrest comes as France is on high alert with the Paris Olympics less than two months away, posing a significant security challenge amid complex geopolitical circumstances.
Last month, French security services thwarted a planned attack on the Games by arresting an 18-year-old Chechen man allegedly preparing a suicide mission at a soccer stadium in Saint-Etienne.
The latest incident coincides with high-profile commemorations of the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, which world leaders including US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will attend.
The suspect, reportedly a Russian-speaker from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, is currently being interviewed in hospital while anti-terror prosecutors investigate the case in collaboration with France’s domestic spy agency.
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