One of three women arrested over a foiled attack in Paris had been “promised as a bride” to two men behind attacks on police officers and a priest earlier this year, the Paris prosecutor said on Friday (September 9).<br /><br /> The revelations highlight the close links between members of religious militant circles in France, even though they might live in different parts of the country.<br /><br /> Sarah H, a 23-year-old Frenchwoman, was taken into custody on Thursday, along with the other two women, in connection with a car loaded with gas cylinders found near Notre Dame cathedral.<br /><br /> Police believed they were planning an imminent attack on the Gare de Lyon train station in Paris.<br /><br /> One of the women stabbed a police officer during her arrest before being shot and wounded, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said.<br /><br /> The prosecutor further stated that individuals from so-called Islamic State in Syria had been directing the women.<br /><br /> The Peugeot 607 was found early on Sunday laden with seven gas cylinders and three jerry cans of diesel, said police, although no detonators were discovered.<br /><br /> “A group has been neutralised. Others are out there,” French President Francois Hollande said on the sidelines of a summit of southern European states in Athens on Friday.<br /><br /> Just commented on thejournal_ie: Woman behind failed Paris attack engaged to man who killed priest - https://t.co/9VpzUIuUXy— Leighanna Rose (PrincessOtC) September 9, 2016<br />
