French authorities arrested a man on Friday after receiving a warning from the Iranian consulate in Paris that someone had entered with an explosive device, the capital's police said.
“The man has left the consulate and is being questioned by police,” the report said.
A security source previously told AFP that the mission called in police after a witness “saw a man enter with a grenade or an explosive belt.”
An AFP journalist said the entire area around the consulate in the capital's 16th district was locked down and there was a heavy police presence.
Paris transport company RATP said on X, formerly Twitter, that traffic had been suspended on two metro lines that pass stops close to the building.
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