France Foils Suspected Terrorist Attack on Bank of America in Paris

French authorities have foiled a suspected terrorist attack targeting Bank of America's Paris headquarters after police detained one suspect who was allegedly attempting to ignite an explosive device outside the building.

In a social media post on Saturday, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said the swift intervention by police had 'thwarted a violent terrorist attack' in the French capital the previous night.

The suspect was arrested at about 3:25am local time outside the bank's local headquarters in the city's 8th arrondissement as he tried to light a device consisting of a five-litre container filled with an unidentified liquid and an explosive charge made up of about 650 grams of powder.

The National Terrorism Prosecution Office told the Reuters news agency the suspected offences included attempted destruction by fire or other dangerous means in connection with a 'terrorist plot', as well as the making, possession and transport of an incendiary or explosive device with intent to carry out dangerous damage.

'Vigilance remains at a very high level,' said Nunez on X, thanking 'security and intelligence forces, who are fully mobilised under my authority' in what he called the 'current international context', seemingly with reference to the escalating situation in parts of the Middle East amid the US-Israeli war on Iran.