We had this on our newscast tonight. Here's the Reuters article:
A man was arrested carrying two handguns and a copy of the Koran at the Disneyland Paris amusement park outside Paris on Thursday, French officials said.
France remains in a state of emergency after Islamist gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 people in a series of jihadist attacks in and near Paris in November last year.
A police source said the 28-year-old man of European origin arrested at Disneyland had been carrying the guns, one of them an automatic handgun, concealed in a bag with the religious text.
The Interior Ministry said police were also searching for a woman who may have been with the man, correcting a previous statement that she had been arrested.
"Firearms were discovered in the bags of a man as he went through the metal detector during a routine security check at one of our hotels," Disneyland Paris spokesman Francois Banon said.
Euro Disney (EDLP.PA), whose main shareholder is U.S.-based Walt Disney Co (DIS.N), runs the amusement park.
The man was unknown to police before the incident at the park's New York Hotel, the source said.
*Disneyland Paris Hotel
*Grand Floridian
*Disneyland Hotel
*Boardwalk Inn *Bay Lake Tower
*Contemporary *Old Key West
*Polynesian Resort *Animal Kingdom Lodge
* Port Orleans French Quarter *Caribbean Beach Resort * Fort Wilderness
*Art of Animation * Pop Century
* All Star Movies, Music & Sports
Scary stuff. I'm going to read more on this. I can't help but to feel like Disney, in general, really does it right with security.
jennsky;2477749 wrote: .. as he went through the metal detector during a routine security check at one of our hotels...
Metal detector at a hotel? Never seen one of these before.
Jeff
Scar;2478008 wrote: Metal detector at a hotel? Never seen one of these before.
I won't be surprised to see them. Already, the three Disneyland hotels post police outside the main doors most of the time.
Natalie
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