A decapitated body daubed with Arabic writing was
found at a U . S . gas company in southeast France on
Friday after an assailant rammed a car into the
premises , triggering an explosion .
The attacker survived the blast and was arrested.
The identity of the beheaded victim was not clear but
a police source said it was a manager of a transport
company , on the site for a delivery .
It was not yet clear whether his vehicle was then used
by the attacker to gain entrance.
Meanwhile, French authorities said the suspect
arrested in connection with the attack had been on
watch list for radicalisation in 2006 and having links
with Islamist movements .
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said : “ The
identification of the attacker is underway . But we know
that it could be Yassin Salhi. ”
Without a criminal record , the man “ was the subject of
watch for his radicalization but was not known to be
linked with terrorist actors, ” the minister added .
“ This person was the subject of an “ S ” ( security) file
for radicalisation in 2006 , which wasn ’ t renewed in
2008 ,” Cazeneuve was quoted as saying by local
media .
French authorities confirmed that a decapitated body
was found at the explosion site where two men
rammed a car into the gas containers of a U . S . gas
company in Isere .
At least two people were wounded. A flag of Islamic
State ( IS ) was found aside the beheaded body.
Speaking to reporters in Brussels where he attend a
European Council meeting , French President Francois
Hollande said “ the attack was of a terrorist nature
since a body was discovered , decapitated and with
inscriptions. ”
Hollande cut talks with his European partners on
Greece default to return home and meet concerned
ministers and military chiefs on the fresh assault.
Isere attack is the second such incidents that clouded
the calm in France , after a slew of terror attacks in
January which started with a deadly assault on a
French satirical magazine .
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