2 FACE CHARGES OVER EXPLOSIVES LAB IN FRANCE

French prosecutors on Sunday issued preliminary terror charges for two men linked to an explosives lab discovered in an apartment near Paris.

Paris counterterrorism prosecutor Francois Molins said the men detained last week were charged with terrorist association and the manufacture of explosives.

Molins said the men — a 36year-old apartment owner named Ali M.R. and a man known as Frederic M. who was known to intelligence authorities — aimed “to manufacture a bomb” to carry out an attack in France. He said, however, that no specific plan had been found.