By Erwin Quiñonez
Sep 26, 2023, 8:28 PM EDT
French football was saved from experiencing a great tragedy last weekend during the match between Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique de Marseille, after the police managed to capture a subject who threatened to bomb the Parc des Princes with 47,926 people in the stands.
According to the French media ‘RMC Sport’, the man whose identity has not been revealed to the press, called the police stating that he had plans to place a bomb outside the stadium that belongs to the Parisian team, something that he immediately put into action. alert the various security forces.
Fortunately, the subject was located and captured after he attacked a tourist in a cafe in Paris, according to the ‘BFM Paris Île-de-France’ media outlet on Tuesday. Although they did not find him in possession of any explosive device, the man is in custody while the investigation continues.
In that sense, this last source cited assures that the man in question is under psychiatric evaluation before the authorities delve into his criminal record and the reasons that led him to think about causing a tragedy in Paris.
Although that call put the authorities on alert, their effective work to find the location and proceed with the capture of this person, allowed the match in which PSG beat Marseille 4-0, to be carried out without greater risks.
This is not the first time that a bomb attack warning has been made in Parc des Princes, and it is that a few years ago, specifically in 2017, prior to a Ligue 1 match between PSG and Bordeaux, the security forces found an artifact explosive in the surroundings of the stadium.
This bomb was made up of four gas cylinders soaked in gasoline and connected to a mobile phone that could function as a detonator. That match had attracted around 50,000 spectators.
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