Arrested baggage handler may have been planning robbery at airport FOREIGN Edition

Mr [Besseghir] is understood to have been arrested as he was returning to his car at the end of his shift on Saturday evening. Police deny he had been under surveillance. Two versions of his arrest are circulating -that a "passing soldier" saw him handle a firearm in the car park or that a...

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Published inIndependent (London, England : 1986)
Main Author Alex Duval Smith in Paris
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London (UK) Independent Digital News & Media 31.12.2002
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Gaulle, de
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Summary:Mr [Besseghir] is understood to have been arrested as he was returning to his car at the end of his shift on Saturday evening. Police deny he had been under surveillance. Two versions of his arrest are circulating -that a "passing soldier" saw him handle a firearm in the car park or that a passenger saw a gun on the back seat of his car. His father, two brothers and a family friend are also being questioned by the anti-terrorism squad. Neighbours in the Parisian suburb of Bondy said police raided the Besseghir family home on Saturday night. Two or three objects that could be of an Islamist nature were seized, police said.
ISSN:0951-9467