Paris On Lockdown After Man Threatens To Detonate Explosive Belt

Paris on lockdown after man threatens to detonate explosive belt

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A man is threatening to blow himself up at the Iranian consulate in Paris.

A police cordon is in place around the Iranian embassy less than two miles from the Eiffel Tower in the French capital.

The man is threatening to blow himself up at the consulate where a police scene is ongoing, according to reports by the French radio station Europe One.

French police secure the area near Iran consulate where a man is threatening to blow himself up, in Paris, France — French police secure the area near Iran consulate in Paris where a man is threatening to blow himself up (Picture: Benoit Tessier/Reuters)

He is allegedly wearing an explosive belt and carrying an ‘object resembling a grenade,’ the radio station reports.

Police have asked the public to avoid the area, Al Arabiya English reports.

Services have been interrupted on the nearby metro lines 6 and 9 for security, according to transport provider RATP.

The diplomatic mission is located on Avenue d’Iéna in the 16th arrondissement on the north bank of River Seine just a short distance from some of the city’s main tourist attractions like the Louvre and Champs-Élysées.

French police secure the area near Iran consulate where a man is threatening to blow himself up — Heavily armed police are on the scene (Picture: Benoit Tessier/Reuters)

French police and members of French special police forces of Research and Intervention Brigade (BRI) secure the area near Iran consulate where a man is threatening to blow himself up, in Paris, France, April 19, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier — French police Research and Intervention Brigade (BRI) (Picture: Benoit Tessier/Reuters)

The Iranian embassy in Paris (Picture: Poitout Florian/ABACA/Shutterstock)

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