Three people have been arrested after a suspected terror plot near the Champs-Élysées, which could be linked to the US-Iran war, was thwarted on Saturday.
The alarm was raised when a man allegedly attempted to plant a makeshift incendiary device near the Paris headquarters of Bank of America.
According to a police source, the device contained around five litres of liquid believed to be fuel, along with an ignition mechanism.
Officers swooped on the scene and detained the initial suspect, while a second individual who was reportedly filming the incident on a mobile phone fled before police could apprehend them.
The incident unfolded at approximately 03.30 local time (01:30 GMT) on Saturday in Paris’s prestigious 8th arrondissement, just a short distance from the world-famous Champs-Élysées.
In a swift development, France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office confirmed that two additional suspects were arrested on Sunday as part of the widening investigation.
‘Two further individuals were taken into police custody last night as part of the investigation launched on March 28, 2026, into the offences committed against Bank of America,’ the prosecutor’s office said on Sunday.
Authorities also revealed that the first suspect, who is a minor, remains in custody after his detention was extended under France’s strict anti-terror laws.
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