BRUSSELS (Sputnik) – French President Francois Hollande has confirmed the attack on a gas plant in the country’s East was a terrorist act.
“There is no doubt that there was a desire to make an explosion. This was a terrorist act,” Hollande said at a press conference in Brussels, adding he would leave the EU summit in Brussels and immediately head for Paris.
Earlier in the day a gas factory came under attack in the southeastern French town of Saint-Quentin-Fallavier. A decapitated body and an Islamist flag were reportedly found near the factory entrance. The head of a man was reportedly found covered with Arabic inscriptions.
According to preliminary information at least one person died and two others were injured in the explosion.
A man in his thirties has been arrested in connection with the attack, according to local media
