PARIS (AP) — The latest on the attacks in Paris and security alert in Brussels. All times local:
10:25 a.m.
France is mourning and honoring those killed in the Nov. 13 attacks in a somber ceremony in Paris.
French President Francois Hollande will preside over Friday’s ceremony, which will include the government, top lawmakers, the Paris mayor and former President Nicolas Sarkozy as well as far right leader Marine Le Pen. The national anthem, which became a symbol of the country’s resilience from the moment the terrified crowd filed out of the Stade de France in song, will ring out. No photos of the dead will be shown.
This is the first formal gathering since Islamic extremist gunmen and suicide bombers attacked the national stadium and central Paris.
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9:30 a.m.
German prosecutors say they have arrested on illegal weapons charges a 34-year-old man who local media report was located as part of an investigation into the attacks in Paris.
Stuttgart prosecutors said Friday the man, whose name was not given in line with privacy laws, is accused of converting legal starter pistols to fire live ammunition and selling them on the Internet, the dpa news agency reported.
The prosecutor’s office would not confirm, however, a Bild newspaper report that he is also suspected of selling four AK-47 type assault rifles at the beginning of November that might have been used in the Paris attacks.
Citing investigative documents, Bild reported that the man’s phone contained data that led to the suspicion.
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