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46 minutes ago: June 26, 2015

France attack: Man decapitated in attack near Lyon

The site belongs to Air Products, a US-based firm

France has begun a terror investigation after a decapitated body and Islamist flags were found at the scene of an attack on a US-owned gas factory near the south-eastern city of Lyon.

One arrested man suspected to have rammed a car into the factory had been investigated over possible ties to Islamic radicals, officials said.

President Francois Hollande said the aim was to blow up the factory.

Officials say the decapitated person was a local businessman.

His head was found on a post at the gates to the Air Products gas factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier.

No further details have been released of the circumstances around his death.

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At a press conference, Mr Hollande confirmed that two attackers had targeted the chemicals factory at around 10:00 local time (08:00 GMT).

He said a car made it through the factory gates before ploughing into gas canisters, sparking an explosion that injured two people.

"We have no doubt that the attack was to blow up the building. It bears the hallmarks of a terrorist attack," he said.

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Referring to the terrorist attacks in and around Paris that killed 17 people in January, he said: "We all remember what happened before in our country. There is therefore a lot of emotion."

Mr Hollande left the EU summit in Brussels to return to France.

Speaking from the scene, France's Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said one arrested suspect had been under investigation between 2006 and 2008.

He said the suspect is believed to be a 35-year-old man named as Yacine Sali.

"This person was under investigation for radicalisation but this investigation was not renewed in 2008. He had no police record," Mr Cazeneuve said.

There is a heavy police presence outside the factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier

There is a heavy police presence outside the factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier

A number of suspects are reported to be in custody

Air Products makes gases for a number of industries, including food production and medicine

According to France's Dauphine Libere newspaper, a second suspect arrested at his home in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier is believed to be a man who was seen driving back and forth past the factory before the attack.

A spokesman for Air Products said: "We can confirm that an incident occurred at our facility in L'Isle-d'Abeau, France this morning.

"Our priority at this stage is to take care of our employees, who have been evacuated from the site and all accounted for."

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has ordered that security be stepped up at sensitive sites around Lyon.

Alain Juppe, the mayor of Bordeaux, took to Twitter to condemn the attack.

"The terrorist threat is at a maximum," he said, adding that France "must make every effort to protect its citizens".