WASHINGTON — (CNN) [Breaking news, published at 12:17 p.m. ET]
French police are looking for a woman who was with the Paris man who was arrested with guns Thursday at a Disney hotel near Disneyland Paris, police official Michael Le Provost told CNN.
When security guards discovered the firearms, they noticed the woman was with him, but she eluded arrest, Le Provost said.
Bomb disposal experts are inspecting the man’s car, Le Provost said.
[Original story, published at 12:13 p.m. ET]
A man with two firearms and ammunition was arrested Thursday at the entrance to a hotel near Disneyland Paris, police said.
The 28-year-old Paris resident was arrested as he tried to go through security at Disney’s Hotel New York, said Michel Le Prevost, deputy chief of criminal police of the city of Meaux.
The man was also carrying a Quran, Le Prevost said. The man, who was being questioned by police after the arrest, was not known by police or intelligence services, Le Provost said.
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