Man Carrying Two Guns And A Koran Arrested At disneyland paris.
at the Disneyland Paris amusement park outside
Paris on Thursday, an Interior Ministry official said.
According to the police, the 28-year-old man of
European origin had been carrying the two guns,
including an automatic handgun, concealed in a bag
that also contained a copy of the Koran religious text.
He is now being questioned by the police.
The man was reportedly arrested quietly and went
with the police without protest, according to BBC.
Park-goers seemed to carry on unaffected by the
incident. Employees at multiple hotels around the
resort told the Associated Press they continued
functioning as usual after the arrest.
A woman said to be his girlfriend was also arrested.
A spokeswoman for Euro Disney, which runs the
amusement park and whose main shareholder is U.S-
based Walt Disney Co., had no immediate
information to offer about the incident.
The man was unknown to police prior to the incident
and his bag set off a security alarm as he went
through a metal detector at the Hotel. A police source
said the investigation did not point to terrorism, and
that the man claimed he was carrying the weapons
for personal protection.
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