French arrest bombing suspects

Lille - French police have arrested a retired German couple wanted for over 20 years in their homeland on bombing charges, a …

Lille - French police have arrested a retired German couple wanted for over 20 years in their homeland on bombing charges, a newspaper reported yesterday. The pair were seized with 250,000 francs (£30,000) in cash in a rundown Paris hotel where they were staying to celebrate the woman's 68th birthday, La Voix du Nord said.

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