@feared.texas: France, Paris ‐ Friday morning (April 19th, 2024) – French police and members of French Special Police Forces of Research and Intervention Brigade (BRI) secured the area near the Iranian consulate & the Iranian embassy where a man is threatening to blow himself up, in Paris. Armed police were called to the Iranian consulate and embassy after a witness reported seeing a man outside carrying a grenade and an explosives vest on Friday at around 11 A.M., Images on French television and social media showed police surrounding the building. An AFP journalist said the whole neighbourhood around the consulate in the capital’s 16th district had been closed off and a heavy police presence was in place. French police promptly cordoned off the area, which is just across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower. But at around 2.45 pm, police and members of the national search and intervention brigade arrested the man without incident. On being searched he was found not to be carrying any explosives, a police source said. It was unclear whether the incident had any link to current tensions between Iran and Israel. Iran’s embassy and consulate in the French capital share the same building but have two different entrances on separate streets. The TV channel BFM said he had been carrying replica grenades. #france #paris #eiffeltower #iranianembassy #iranthreat #explosives #antiterorist #francebri #francespecialforces #frenchpolice #response #armedpolice #francepolice #iranianconsulate #replicagrenades #surrounded #threat #heavypolicepresence #franceparis #secured #specialpoliceforce #suspectarrested #iran #iranconsulate #news #lawenforcement
