Prosecutor: Women behind failed Paris attack guided by Syria

A cell of young women behind a thwarted attack near Notre Dame Cathedral were radicalised by the Islamic State group and guided by commanders in Syria, the Paris prosecutor said.

Francois Molins spoke during a press conference a day after three women were dramatically arrested, including a teen whose father owned a car loaded with gas canisters that was abandoned in central Paris. No detonators were in the car, discovered on Sunday morning.