After a foiled bombing outside Bank of America in Paris, five arrests and questions over Iran's role

In front of the Paris headquarters of Bank of America, Saturday, March 28, 2026. NICOLAS GARRIGA/AP

After several European countries including the Netherlands, Belgium and the United Kingdom, France has now also been affected by violence linked to the US-Israeli attack against Iran launched on February 28. Five people have been placed in police custody since the arrest by a Pari police patrol of two suspects who were about to detonate an improvised explosive device near the Bank of America offices in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, early in the morning of Saturday, March 28. The National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office (PNAT) is handling the case.

The two individuals arrested just before carrying out the attack, who were in possession of an improvised explosive device, are minors from the eastern Paris suburb of Montreuil. Known to police for offenses linked to drug trafficking, they told investigators they did not know the identity of the person who ordered the attack. They also admitted to acting in exchange for a promise of "a few hundred euros." Subsequent investigations led authorities to another minor from Montreuil, with a similar background, who is believed to have helped organize the operation.