The main suspect arrested in connection with the inquiry into the discovery of a car packed with gas canisters in central Paris has pledged allegiance to ISIL, according to investigators.<br /><br /> Sources close to the inquiry say the young woman, who was arrested along with two others, is the daughter of the owner of the vehicle.<br /><br /> She was shot and injured during the arrest at Boussy-Saint-Antoine, 25 kilometres to the south-east of Paris.<br /><br /> One of the police officers involved was stabbed.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> #BREAKING The main suspect in the case of a car found in Paris packed with gas cylinders had sworn allegiance to IS jihadists: legal source— AFP news agency (@AFP) September 9, 2016<br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> More details<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> Speaking on Thursday evening, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve described the women – aged 39, 23 and 19 – as “radicalised, fanatical” and said they “were preparing violent and imminent attacks.”<br /><br /> On Thursday, police had been warned of the threat of an attack in stations in the Essonne region as well as in the French capital.<br /><br /> A police source says the network, which is thought to have been activated from overseas, was gearing up to carry out an attack on Thursday.<br /><br /> Four people are already in custody in connection with the discovery of the car.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> Where was the car found?<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> Investigators are still trying to find out why the car, without number plates and with its hazard warning lights flashing, was left on Sunday morning a few hundred metres from Notre Dame cathedral in a busy tourist area of central Paris.<br /><br /> Five gas canisters and three containers of diesel oil were discovered inside. <br /><br /> Officers feared an attack was being planned but no detonators were found in the vehicle.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> #UPDATE Anti-terror probe launched after gas cylinders found in car near Notre Dame https://t.co/nhfSsOQ88N pic.twitter.com/9iBKxxfs98— AFP news agency (@AFP) September 7, 2016<br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> Mystery Surrounds Car With Gas Containers Found in Paris Near Notre Dame https://t.co/8VQ37UR1ha— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) September 9, 2016<br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> “Taken very seriously”<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> The discovery of the car is being taken as a serious threat, given the current level of alert in France.<br /><br /> The head of the DGSI (French security service) Patrick Calvar said on the tenth of May the security services fear a new style of attack with explosives being left in places where large numbers of people gather.<br />
