Official: Paris gas canisters suspect pledged loyalty to IS

Police officers stand guard as they take part in a raid in Boussy-Saint-Antoine, east of Paris, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016. French police detained three women planning 'imminent and violent action' after a standoff Thursday linked to a terrorism investigation into six gas canisters found in a car abandoned near Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) (The Associated Press)

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A French police officer patrols in front of Notre Dame cathedral, in Paris, Friday Sept. 9, 2016. A failed attack involving a car loaded with gas canisters near Notre Dame Cathedral was spearheaded a group of women that included a 19-year-old whose written pledge of allegiance to the Islamic State group was found by police, a security official said Friday. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) (The Associated Press)

PARIS – A French security official says a 19-year-old woman linked to gas canisters found in an abandoned car near Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group.

Security in train stations around Paris was visibly higher Friday as the investigation into the car widened.

The woman, Ines Madani, was injured in the leg and arrested after a standoff Thursday night with police in Boussy-Saint-Antoine, south of Paris.

The security official, who was not authorized to be publicly identified, said French authorities have a document in which Madani declares allegiance to the extremist group.

Another official, who also cannot be identified, said one of the women pulled a knife and stabbed a police officer during the arrest.

Five women and two men have been arrested in the case.