Saudi intelligence services have warned of a new terror threat from al-Qaeda against Europe, particularly in France, Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said yesterday.
He said the warning of a potential attack by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was received “in the last few hours, few days.”
European officials were informed that “al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula was doubtless active or envisioned being active” on the “European continent, notably France … The threat is real,” he said on RTL-LCI-Le Figaro’s weekly talk show