Man beheaded in apparent terror attack at factory in France, local media say

Published June 26, 2015
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One man was decapitated and several others were injured in a terror attack at a chemical factory in eastern France Friday morning.
According to Le Dauphine newspaper, a loud explosion was reported at approximately 9:50 a.m. local time in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, northwest of the Alpine city of Grenoble.

A French security official told the Associated Press that two attackers arrived at the factory in a car, bearing banners written in Arabic, and set off an explosion.

According to the paper, a man walked into the company's offices saying he was a member of ISIS and carrying one of the terror group's flags. After beheading a man at the company's entrance, he went into the building and set off several gas canisters.

One of the attackers was arrested, and local media reported that the man was known to authorities. The status of the second attacker was not known, thoughLe Parisien newspaper reported that person was killed.

Sky News, citing French legal sources, reported that the severed head had Arabic writing scrawled across it and was placed on a fence next to an Islamist flag.

French authorities tell Fox News that approximately ten people were injured. A local police deputy described the attack as "definitely" a terrorist act. France's Interior Minister Bernard Cazenueve was on his way to the scene.

France's anti-terrorism prosecutor has opened an investigation into the incident. The country went on high alert after a series of attacks in January that left 20 people dead in and around Paris region, including the Islamic terrorists.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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