2026-04-02 15:14
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2026-04-02 15:14
Police in Paris have tightened security measures and employees of Citigroup and Goldman Sachs banks are working remotely in connection with the foiled attack on the offices of Bank of America on Saturday, Reuters reported on Thursday.
“The safety of our employees is our priority and we are taking the necessary measures to ensure their safety,” Citigroup said in a statement sent to Reuters. He added that employees in Paris and Frankfurt, Germany, have switched to remote mode. This solution was also implemented by the Paris offices of Goldman Sachs.
Paris police said they had tightened security measures across the metropolitan area in response to the terrorist threat. Strengthened, among others: protection around places of religious worship, cultural facilities and diplomatic missions.
According to Reuters findings French authorities arrested four people in connection with a planned attack believed to be linked to Iran.
The French anti-terrorism prosecutor's office announced on Wednesday evening that four suspects – three teenagers, aged 16 and 17, and one adult – were placed under formal investigation on charges of producing, transporting and using an explosive device and attempting to destroy property.
Investigators determined that the constructed payload – the most powerful of its type ever identified in France – could have produced “a powerful fireball several meters in diameter.” They suspect that the planned attack may be behind the pro-Iranian group Harakat Ashab al-Jamin al-Islamija (HAYI; Islamist Movement of Righteous Comrades), which a few days earlier mentioned the Paris headquarters of Bank of America among possible targets in a recording targeting US interests.
The HAYI group claimed responsibility for the March attacks on a synagogue in Rotterdam (March 13) and a Jewish school (March 14) and a shopping center (March 16) in Amsterdam. (PAP)
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