Three incendiary devices found at site of Sarkozy speech to employers next week |
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PARIS (Thomson Financial) - Three incendiary devices have been discovered at the site of next week's meeting of French employers at which President Nicolas Sarkozy is due to speak, a police source said.Sarkozy and other ministers are due to attend the summer conference of employers' federation Medef starting Wednesday at the HEC business school campus at Jouy-en-Josas, on the outskirts of Paris.The devices were hidden in one of the campus buildings.A police source told Agence France-Presse that 'three explosive devices made up of sixteen glass bottles' had been found. The antiterrorist branch of the Paris police department is now involved in the investigation.helen.beresford@thomson.comafp/hem/mjs/wjCOPYRIGHTCopyright AFX News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of AFX News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AFX News.
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Sarkozy to launch further economic reforms in speech to employers Aug 30 