4.30 p.m. IST
France’s President (click here) says a suspect in what he called a “terrorist” attack
at a gas factory in southeastern France has been arrested and
identified.
This could have been a lot worse. In the face of the deaths the terrorists did not succeed. Sympathy to families and friends of these brave French citizens. It could be they are dead because they stopped something far worse. They should be honored by the French people. "Air Products" is a well known company. They must have strong security measures.
A nuclear reactor at Penly, northern France, where a drone was spotted flying overheard, operated by unknown persons.
Photograph: PASCAL ROSSIGNOL/REUTERS 31 October 2015
By Agence France-Press
French authorities (click here) said on Friday they had detected drones over two nuclear power plants, the latest in a baffling series of incidents across the country.
A spokesman for security forces said: “Drone-type machines overflew two nuclear plants during the night. They were detected by police in charge of protecting the plants and staff.”
“These machines were not neutralised because they did not represent a direct threat” to the nuclear facilities, the spokesman added.
National energy company EDF said on Wednesday it had identified seven drones flying over its plants this month and had filed a complaint with the police.
A spokeswoman for EDF confirmed the latest incident, which she said happened around 9pm local time over plants at Penly in northern France and Golfech in the southwest....
