Man admits sending death threats to French President

MAN has admitted sending death threats and bullets to President Nicolas Sarkozy and other politicians, a police official said yesterday, signalling the end of a long search for the author of the mysterious letters.

The 51-year-old member of a shooting club in southern France, who was not known to police, was arrested on Sunday night. His exact motivation was still unclear.

Police had already made two rounds of arrests, only to release the suspects without charge – much to the embarrassment of security services under pressure to solve the case.