Explosives found under LafargeHolcim cement trucks in Paris
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Paris authorities are investigating a possible attempt to blow up cement trucks belonging to a company suspected of striking deals with Islamic State group extremists in Syria.
A police official said six containers of gasoline and an apparent detonator were found Thursday under trucks at a LafargeHolcim cement site in northeast Paris. The official said no one has been arrested, nothing exploded and no one was hurt.
The Paris prosecutor's office has opened a criminal investigation into an alleged attempt to set a destructive fire, according to a judicial official. Both officials weren't authorized to be publicly named.
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The case hasn't been handed to counterterrorism authorities. It's unclear whether there is any link to an ongoing investigation into LafargeHolcim's activities in Syria during its civil war.
Swiss-French LafargeHolcim wouldn't comment.