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Podcast: The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Episode: Catherine Field: Europe Correspondent on the attempted bomb planting outside the Bank of America in Paris
Description: French intelligence services believe an attempt to plant a bomb outside the Bank of America in Paris is linked to a pro-Iran group, Europe correspondent Catherine Field says. Police in Paris foiled the bombing and arrested the suspect – a 17-year-old immigrant who said he had been recruited via Snapchat for €600 (NZ$1202). Field told Mike Hosking the attempt bore the hallmarks of previous Iran-linked attacks in Belgium and the Netherlands as well as an arson attack on four Jewish–run ambulances in London. “That is what's got the intelligence services and the anti-terrorism police here partic...