France foils bomb plot outside US bank in Paris

French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Saturday there was a “significant suspicion” the foiled attack on a Bank of America branch in Paris was linked to Iran. The minister cited similarities to recent incidents across Europe involving young recruits allegedly paid to carry out attacks.The suspect in the Paris attack was arrested while trying to ignite an improvised device outside the Bank of America building.The incident occurred around 3:30am (0130 GMT) in front of a Bank of America building in the chic 8th arrondissement, a couple of streets from the Champs-Elysees. Police grabbed the man just after he placed a device, made of five litres of liquid believed to be fuel and an ignition system. 
France's counter-terrorism prosecutor's office said it was investigating "attempted damage by fire or other dangerous means in connection with a terrorist undertaking" and a "terrorist criminal conspiracy". Both the Paris judicial police and France's domestic intelligence service, the General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI), are involved in the probe, the office said. According to a police source, the suspect said he had been recruited via the Snapchat app to carry out the bombing in exchange for the sum of 600 euros ($692). When the patrolling officers arrested him, he was about to ignite the device with a lighter.
Earlier this month, Dutch officials said they thought four youths arrested on suspicion of detonating an explosive device outside a Rotterdam synagogue might have been recruited by Iran. And in Britain, a little-known group aligned with Iran claimed responsibility for a London arson attack last week on four volunteer ambulances run by a Jewish organisation. Since the outbreak of the war of the Middle East, European countries have been on high alert for potential attacks on Iranian dissidents, Jewish places of worship and US-Israeli assets.