French police arrest man who planned attack during Olympics, says security source

PARIS (Reuters) - French police have arrested a man in the Bordeaux, southwest France, area who planned an attack during the Olympics, a security source told Reuters on Tuesday, confirming a report in Le Parisien newspaper.

Separately, France's anti-terror police PNAT told Reuters that an 18-year-old man had been arrested in the Gironde department, southwest France, with plans to commit one or several attacks against people. It did not mention a link to the Olympics.

(Reporting by Juliette Jabkhiro and Geert De Clercq; Editing by Alex Richardson)

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