4 American tourists attacked with acid in France
Four American tourists have been attacked with acid in the French city of Marseille, police have confirmed.
The young women were standing at the city's main Saint Charles metro station on Sunday, when a female attacker poured acid on them, a source in Marseille’s police department told The Associated Press.
The tourists, all in their 20s, were all taken to hospital after two of them sustained facial injuries and deep burns while the other two were treated for shock.
Police said they had arrested a 41-year-old woman as a possible suspect. The sources refused to provide more details about the suspect and the victims.
It was not clear whether the attacker had ties to any terror groups.
Located in southern France, Marseille is closer to Spain’s Barcelona than it is to Paris.
Barcelona lived through its own share of terror last month, when a van rammed into the tourist-filled Rambla Avenue in the center of Barcelona, killing at least 14 and injuring some 100 others.
The attack also came two days after a bomb attack on a crowded London Underground train injured 29 people during the morning rush hour on Friday.
British jet evacuated in Paris
Concerns about a possible terror attack in France ran so high that the French anti-terror police had to evacuate a British Airways flight on Sunday following 'a direct threat' against the jet.
Police conducted a thorough security inspection of the plane on the tarmac of Charles De Gaulle Airport before allowing it to fly towards London’s Heathrow Airport.
“Apparently an individual has made a direct threat to this aircraft. We will all be led off the aircraft & baggage searched in due course,” one passenger tweeted.
“Everybody’s been individually searched by armed officers and given all clear. Now hold luggage being searched by dogs,” he added.
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