Overview
- Police in La Roche-sur-Yon arrested a 41-year-old at dawn with support from the RAID tactical unit after a threat report.
- The man was placed in custody on suspicion of making death threats within a private circle, according to prosecutor Sarah Huet.
- Authorities recovered weapons at his home, with local reporting citing gas canisters and suspected bomb-making materials as the building was evacuated and bomb-disposal teams deployed.
- Huet said she excludes any intention of a mass killing or an attack on the Christmas market, and confirmed the suspect has no prior criminal record.
- Police sources say he is a sport shooter, unknown to the TAJ database, with a permit to possess 16 firearms, and the alert reportedly came from an addiction-center staff member who triggered surveillance.