Suspect in Lyon Explosion Claims Ties to ISIS
Friday 31/May/2019 - 08:43 AM
Lyon Explosion
A man arrested for a bombing outside a bakery in
Lyon, France, that injured 13 people has told investigators that he had pledged
allegiance to ISIS.
A judicial official said Thursday that the suspect
claimed to have acted in the name of ISIS.
The group has not issued a public claim of
responsibility for last week's explosion in France's third-largest city.
The official was not authorized to be publicly
named.
The suspect was identified as Hichem M. His parents
were also detained, but the Paris prosecutor's office said they were released
Thursday without charge.
Hichem and one other suspect remain in custody as
part of an investigation into attempted murder in relation with a terrorist
undertaking.
