Man arrested with 2 handguns at Disneyland Paris; female companion held
A photo of Disneyland Paris shows visitors walking toward Sleeping Beauty’s Castle on May 12, 2015.
A French police official said Thursday that a woman was detained at Disneyland Paris soon after police apprehended her male partner, who was found with two handguns and a copy of the Koran at Europe’s most-visited amusement park.
The official said the woman didn’t appear to be armed and that no other suspects are currently being pursued at the park east of Paris.
The 28-year-old man was detained at the New York Hotel, part of the Disneyland complex, the official said. Under police policy, she wasn’t authorized to be publicly identified.
The arrests come as France is under a state of emergency after Islamic extremist attacks Nov. 13 that killed 130.
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