Paris Champs-Elysees attack: Four relatives arrested
Source: DW
Paris Champs-Elysees attack: Four relatives arrested
20.06.2017
French authorities have detained four relatives of an Islamic extremist who deliberately drove an explosive-laden car into a Gendarmerie van on Paris' Champs-Elysees. The assailant died in the attack.
French police detained the ex-wife, father, brother and sister-in-law of the man behind Monday's attack on a Gendarmerie van on Paris' Champs-Elysees. The family members were taken into custody after being questioned by police at the family home, according to judicial sources.
Adam D. drove a white Renault Megane into a Gendarmerie van on the busy Champs-Elysees just before 4 p.m. local time (1400 UTC) on Monday. The French Interior Ministry said it was a deliberate attack and that the car was laden with explosives. The 31-year-old Parisian perpetrator, who was on a terror watchlist as an Islamist extremist, died in the attack. The man had a gun permit, which was granted shortly before he was flagged with authorities. Asked on BFM television why his permit wasn't rescinded, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said that "if you take away a permit from someone who is the subject of surveillance or being monitored, he will quickly understand why it has been taken away. ... It's a difficult decision."
Investigators reportedly found a stash of weapons at his home.
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