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Armed man arrested at Disneyland Paris was carrying a Koran


    PARIS (Reuters) - A man arrested on Thursday by French police at a hotel in the Disneyland Paris amusement park is a 28-year-old European who had a two handguns and a Koran in his bag, a police source said.

    The MAN (MAN.XE)was unknown to police prior to the incident and his bag set off a security alarm as he went through a metal detector at the park's New York Hotel, the source said.

    Police were searching for a woman who may have been accompanying him, but disappeared during the security check, the source added.

    (Reporting by Paris Newsroom; writing by Leigh Thomas; Editing by Michel Rose)