Investigators have found traces of explosive on the hands of a French photographer arrested this month in Poland on suspicion of preparing a terror attack, a Polish paper reported Monday. But the mayor from the suspect's hometown in south-eastern France said the arrest had likely been a "huge misunderstanding" and that French authorities were working to secure his release. | "He's such a nice boy, he's quiet and keeps to himself." |
"Tests carried out with the aid of sophisticated equipment have confirmed the presence of traces of a very powerful explosive not only in the apartment but also on the hands of the 23-year-old Frenchman," the daily Rzeczpospolita said. A spokesman for the security services, Dariusz Bogaczyk, said traces of what were suspected to be explosives had been found in the apartment but declined to confirm that they had been found on the suspect's hands. "We discovered in the apartment where the suspect was staying traces of what could be explosives," the spokesman told AFP. "An expert will give his opinion over the coming days and his opinion can be crucial for the follow up of the enquiry," he said. The suspect, identified as Mickael Neyrolles, was arrested while taking pictures of a gas pumping station. He is under investigation for "preparing actions which can endanger human life and destroy property", officials said. Gerard Manet, the mayor of the photographer's hometown Tartaras, said Neyrolles had been in Poland to take pictures of industrial sites for an exhibition linked to the jazz festival in a town south-west of Lyon. | 'Cuz no jazz festival is complete without pictures of pumping stations. |
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