French intelligence services believe an attempt to plant a bomb outside the Bank of America in Paris is linked to a pro-Iran group, Europe correspondent Catherine Field says. 

Police in Paris foiled the bombing and arrested the suspect – a 17-year-old immigrant who said he had been recruited via Snapchat for €600 (NZ$1202). 

Field told Mike Hosking the attempt bore the hallmarks of previous Iran-linked attacks in Belgium and the Netherlands as well as an arson attack on four Jewish–run ambulances in London. 

“That is what's got the intelligence services and the anti-terrorism police here particularly concerned,” she said. 

“It's possibly a group they've not heard about before and they're using social media in a way that they've seen before, that's very difficult to monitor.” 

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French intelligence services believe an attempt to plant a bomb outside the Bank of America in Paris is linked to a pro-Iran group, Europe correspondent Catherine Field says.&nbsp;
Police in Paris foiled the bombing and arrested the suspect – a 17-year-old immigrant who said he had been recruited via Snapchat for €600 (NZ$1202).&nbsp;
Field told Mike Hosking the attempt bore the hallmarks of previous Iran-linked attacks in Belgium and the Netherlands as well as an arson attack on four Jewish–run ambulances in London.&nbsp;
“That is what's got the intelligence services and the anti-terrorism police here particularly concerned,” she said.&nbsp;
“It's possibly a group they've not heard about before and they're using social media in a way that they've seen before, that's very difficult to monitor.”&nbsp;
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Catherine Field: Europe Correspondent on the attempted bomb planting outside the Bank of America in Paris

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