Roissy: homemade explosive, false passports… What we know about the individual arrested “emergency” on Tuesday

Interpelled in the evening of June 4 at the hospital, a man born in Ukraine is suspecté of having wanted to commit an attack targeting French military equipment intended for to Ukrainians.

Unusual intervention this Tuesday à Roissy hospital. As reported by the Journal du Dimanche, the gendarmerie surveillance and intervention platoon (Psig) carried out an emergency operation in the evening. e, à the arrest of a man who came to have his face treated. The individual is said to have injured himself. in an explosion of acetone peroxide, which is none other than a very explosive material. The explosion apparently occurred while he was trying to design a homemade explosive. On Wednesday evening, this Ukrainian national, native of Russian-speaking Donbass, was still being questioned. by DGSI agents. 

Following his arrest on Tuesday, investigators began investigating. &agrav; the search of the hotel room where he was staying. On site, the police discovered false passports, small arms, money, but above all, different types of weapons. eacute;rent explosive devices and ammonium nitrate. This material is known to be explosive and above all inexpensive, making it one of the essential components of the terrorist's briefcase.

Always according to JDD, the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office (Pnat) would have taken up the case. The first elements suggest that the man would have tried to to manufacture several explosive devices intended for the destruction of French military equipment to be supplied to Ukraine. It appears that the individual acted alone. Furthermore, given the  artisanal" explosive devices, doubt concerning their real effectiveness; seems permitted, relays the JDD again.