French Investigators with Open Minds
Charles Johnson
Fri Oct 8, 2004 at 12:28 pm PDT • Views: 136
There was a bomb blast at the Indonesian embassy in Paris this morning; luckily no one was killed.
But French investigators are keeping an open mind about it.
After a meeting of intelligence chiefs chaired by Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin, the ministry announced that security is to be stepped up at diplomatic missions, while Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said the attack “reinforces our determination … to continue our fight against terrorism.”
However for want of firm evidence the authorities continued to class the attack as “criminal” rather than “terrorist,” and officials said other theories including a settling of accounts inside the embassy were also being looked into.
Radio Monte Carlo [quoted] unnamed investigators as saying that this was the favoured theory.
Frank says: