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    SARKOZY 'ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT' FOILED

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    16.12.2008 12:37 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ A man wielding a hand-held electric self-defense
    weapon was arrested Monday while trying to enter the grounds of the
    French presidential palace, a police official said.

    A photographer witnessed guards wrestling the man to the ground
    at the main entrance to the Elysee Palace, where President Nicolas
    Sarkozy works.

    The man was armed with a self-defense "shocker" less powerful than a
    taser, the police official said - not a knife, as first believed. The
    official was not authorized to speak publicly about the arrest and
    asked not to be identified by name.

    The 25-year-old man was being held at a police station of Paris'
    8th district where the Palace is located, the official said. The
    suspect's motive was not immediately clear.

    Sarkozy was meeting with Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic of Montenegro
    at the time of the arrest around 12:40 p.m. (11:40 GMT). Djukanovic
    met with the French leader as part of his country's efforts to join the
    European Union. France currently holds the bloc's rotating presidency,
    The Associated Press reports.
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