• March 29, 2024

Couple Arrested at Disney Paris With 2 Handguns and a Koran

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Possible terror plot at Disney Paris ended when a man and woman were arrested after security spotted two handguns and a Koran in one of the suitcases.  The hotel notified authorities and they came and took two people  into custody.  A man and a woman they thought was his girlfriend.  They later discovered they had detained the wrong woman and released her.  The other woman has not yet been found.

François Banon, the park’s Vice President of Communication and Public Affairs at Disney said:

“During a routine security screening checkpoint at one of our hotels, weapons were discovered in a guest’s luggage through our x-ray machine. The police were immediately notified and the individual was arrested. We continue to work closely with the authorities, and the safety and security of our guests and cast members is our utmost priority.”

The park is very large and enormously popular, attracting over 10 million visitors in 2014.  Police say the man is from Paris and that he is unknown to police and national security agencies.  The woman is his girlfriend.  The police confiscated two small caliber hand guns and a box of 7.65 ammunition along with a small Koran.

France is still under a state of emergency and it is not scheduled to end till the last day in February, although there is talk of extending it another three months.  France has arrested several suspected terrorists and have another 400 serving house arrest.  Paris has had two major terrorist attacks over the last couple of years, including the Charlie Hebdo massacre and the more recent attack that saw 130 people killed.

Disney officials say they were able to continue without interruption.  No other information is available at this time.

A map showing the New York Hotel at Disneyland Paris

The entire country is on edge.

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