Islamic extremist plot to blow up landmark Parisian store
Anxious shoppers can be seen fleeing the Printemps store in Paris today after five sticks of explosives were discovered
Here's ANOTHER muslim bomb plot that has been uncovered and stopped. Just when will Western governments wake up to the ever increasing threat of the islamic invasion and crack down on immigrant muslim terrorists?
FROM THEDAILYMAIL.CO.UK:
Islamic extremist plot to blow up landmark Parisian store
Printemps foiled after police find explosives in restrooms
By Mail Foreign Service
Last updated at 12:50 PM on 16th December 2008
Police appear to have narrowly averted disaster in the heart of Paris today after neutralising explosives discovered in the world-famous Printemps department store.
Five sticks of explosive were discovered in various locations around the department store this morning, with police and judicial officials saying some were found in the restrooms.
Anti-crime brigades and demining teams were called in, and the store evacuated and cordoned off to prevent any harm to shoppers crowding the busy streets less than two weeks before Christmas.
The AFP newswire reported it has received a written tip-off by a previously unknown group calling itself the Afghan Revolutionary Front warning of 'several bombs' placed in the store.
Officials said the explosives did not include detonators, the BBC has reported.
AFP also reported the Afghan Revolutionary Front was demanding the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Afghanistan by February of next year.
The bombs were supposed to explode tomorrow, the group reportedly claimed.
France has about 2,600 troops serving with Nato in Afghanistan, though President Nicolas Sarkozy has said more will be sent.
Britain has just announced plans to send 300 more troops to Afghanistan, taking the total UK troops there to 8,300.
It is believed to be the second time in a week that AFP has received a warning about the store. The agency said it received a phone call from a similar Afghan group a few days ago regarding the store, but at the time, police chose not to evacuate.