France Foils Possible Ricin Attack by Egyptian-Born Brothers

France Foils Possible Ricin Attack by Egyptian-Born Brothers
A forensic officer in Paris after one person was killed and several injured by a man armed with a knife, who was shot dead by police in Paris on May 12, 2018. Geoffery Van Der Hasselt/AFP/Getty Images
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PARIS—French police have arrested two Egyptian-born brothers who were plotting an attack using either explosives or the lethal poison ricin, Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said on Friday.

Collomb said French intelligence agents had intercepted communications from the two men on the secure messaging platform Telegram.