LYON BOMB BLAST ARRESTS. French Interior minister Christophe Castaner delivers a speech to journalists as he visits the police headquarters of Lyon on May 27, 2019. Photo by Romain Lafabregue/AFP
The man's parents were later arrested and taken in for questioning, as was a second student of Algerian nationality who is a family relation, according to the Paris prosecutor's office, which has jurisdiction over terrorism cases in France.Interior Minister Christophe Castaner told a press briefing in Lyon that he had no further details on the suspect.
He has been the target of an extensive manhunt since late Friday when an explosive device filled with screws and ball bearings was placed in front of a bakery near the corner of two crowded pedestrian streets in the historic centre of Lyon. Thirteen people were wounded in the blast – 8 women, 4 men and a 10-year-old girl – of whom 11 needed hospital treatment.