🇫🇷🇺🇸 NEW: A terror attack was foiled outside the Bank of America in Paris, France.

A man was arrested early this morning while attempting to set off an improvised explosive device outside a Bank of America branch in Paris’ 8th arrondissement.

He was apprehended around 3:30 a.m. as he tried to ignite a five-liter container filled with an unknown liquid and a firecracker placed at the entrance on Rue de la Boétie. A second individual fled during the arrest.