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French Prosecutor Confirms Terrorist Motive, Islamic State Link to Factory Beheading
A French prosecutor confirmed today that the man who beheaded his boss and tried to blow up a gas factory in Lyon had a "terrorist motive" and links to the Islamic State group in Syria.
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France Attack Suspect Admits Killing, Police Make Link to Syria
The suspected Islamist who attempted to blow up a French chemical plant on Friday has admitted killing his manager beforehand, a source close to the investigation said on Sunday, as police linked the suspect to a militant now in Syria.
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Confession in French Beheading Attack as Gruesome 'Selfie' Emerges
The man suspected of decapitating his boss in an attack on a gas factory in France has confessed to the grisly crime, sources close to the investigation said Sunday.
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French Attack Suspect Grilled as Gruesome 'Selfie' Emerges
French police questioned a suspected Islamist Saturday about an attack in which the man displayed his boss's severed head, as it emerged he may have sent a "selfie" of the decapitation.
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French Police Interrogate Attack Suspect After Grisly Decapitation
French police interrogated a suspected Islamist today as they tried to piece together an attack in which the man put his boss's severed head on display in the second jihadist attack to hit France in six months.
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'Wolf in Sheep's Clothing': Suspect in French Attack
Yassin Salhi was a quiet man with a job, a family and no criminal record before he allegedly launched a grisly assault at an industrial gas factory in France and pinned his boss's severed head to the fence on Friday.
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37 Killed in Tunisia Beach Resort Massacre
A man pulled a gun hidden in a beach umbrella and opened fire at a packed Tunisian holiday resort today, massacring 37 people in the country's worst attack in recent history.
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UN Chief Condemns 'Appalling' Attacks in France, Tunisia, Kuwait
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the 'appalling' attacks today in France, Kuwait and Tunisia and said those responsible should face justice.
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France Gas Factory Attack: President Hollande Puts Security Alert at Highest Level
French President Francois Hollande announced he was raising the security level to "attack" - the highest possible - in the region in which a gas factory was assaulted earlier today.
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Decapitated Body, Scrawled With Arabic, Found at French Blast Site
A decapitated body daubed with Arabic writing was found at a US gas company in southeast France today after an assailant rammed a car into the premises, triggering an explosion, in a suspected Islamist militant attack.
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Terror Attack at French Factory, Decapitated Body, Islamist Flag
A decapitated head covered in Arabic writing was found at a US gas company in southeast France on Friday, police sources and French media said, after two assailants rammed a car into the premises, Reuters reported.
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French Prosecutor Confirms Terrorist Motive, Islamic State Link to Factory Beheading
A French prosecutor confirmed today that the man who beheaded his boss and tried to blow up a gas factory in Lyon had a "terrorist motive" and links to the Islamic State group in Syria.
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France Attack Suspect Admits Killing, Police Make Link to Syria
The suspected Islamist who attempted to blow up a French chemical plant on Friday has admitted killing his manager beforehand, a source close to the investigation said on Sunday, as police linked the suspect to a militant now in Syria.
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Confession in French Beheading Attack as Gruesome 'Selfie' Emerges
The man suspected of decapitating his boss in an attack on a gas factory in France has confessed to the grisly crime, sources close to the investigation said Sunday.
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French Attack Suspect Grilled as Gruesome 'Selfie' Emerges
French police questioned a suspected Islamist Saturday about an attack in which the man displayed his boss's severed head, as it emerged he may have sent a "selfie" of the decapitation.
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French Police Interrogate Attack Suspect After Grisly Decapitation
French police interrogated a suspected Islamist today as they tried to piece together an attack in which the man put his boss's severed head on display in the second jihadist attack to hit France in six months.
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'Wolf in Sheep's Clothing': Suspect in French Attack
Yassin Salhi was a quiet man with a job, a family and no criminal record before he allegedly launched a grisly assault at an industrial gas factory in France and pinned his boss's severed head to the fence on Friday.
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37 Killed in Tunisia Beach Resort Massacre
A man pulled a gun hidden in a beach umbrella and opened fire at a packed Tunisian holiday resort today, massacring 37 people in the country's worst attack in recent history.
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UN Chief Condemns 'Appalling' Attacks in France, Tunisia, Kuwait
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the 'appalling' attacks today in France, Kuwait and Tunisia and said those responsible should face justice.
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France Gas Factory Attack: President Hollande Puts Security Alert at Highest Level
French President Francois Hollande announced he was raising the security level to "attack" - the highest possible - in the region in which a gas factory was assaulted earlier today.
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Decapitated Body, Scrawled With Arabic, Found at French Blast Site
A decapitated body daubed with Arabic writing was found at a US gas company in southeast France today after an assailant rammed a car into the premises, triggering an explosion, in a suspected Islamist militant attack.
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Terror Attack at French Factory, Decapitated Body, Islamist Flag
A decapitated head covered in Arabic writing was found at a US gas company in southeast France on Friday, police sources and French media said, after two assailants rammed a car into the premises, Reuters reported.
