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Paris, France, Mar. 25 (UPI) -- A shadowy group has sent threatening missives to France's president and interior minister, one containing a detonator.
Known as AZF, the little-known organization sent the threats Thursday to French President Jacques Chirac and Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin, French television announced Friday, citing a statement from the Paris prosecutor's office. French officials have so far declined to detail the threats contained in the two missives, other than they sought to extort funds. The public prosecutor's office has launched an investigation into the matter.
Last year, AZF sent several threatening letters, warning that it would set off explosives on French rail lines if its demands for roughly $6.2 million from the government were not met. Several unexploded bombs were later discovered on the rail lines at different points of time. In an interview on LCI television Friday night, Louis Gallois, head of the SNCF rail system, said it was unclear whether the latest threat was credible or not. |