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Koran-Carrying Gunman Arrested At Disneyland Paris Hotel

Christian Datoc Senior White House Correspondent
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Police have arrested a man carrying two handguns at a hotel in Disnelyand Paris.

According to Metro UK, police were alerted when the unnamed gunman’s “weapons were picked up as he walked through an X-ray scanner while trying to book a hotel room” at the New York Hotel in Paris.

In addition to the two handguns, authorities discovered a copy of the Koran and a box of ammunition in his bag.

The French Interior Ministry confirmed the arrest and added that both the suspect and a woman accompanying him — who fled from authorities and has not been located — were “not previously known to police or intelligence services.”

This is a developing situation. Check back for updates.

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