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Agence France-Presse

A man carrying an explosive device and demanding “yellow vest” protesters be given an audience by the French president turned himself into police in western France on Friday, local officials said.
The 45-year-old, who was also wearing a yellow vest, revealed the device at a car wash in the shopping centre of the town of Angers.

He gave himself up at 10:40pm in the shopping centre’s car park after several hours of negotiations with police, authorities said.
“He demanded that the yellow vests be received at Elysee [presidential palace],” said prosecutor Yves Gambert.
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Local official Bernard Gonzalez said: “There was a real risk, real danger, he had an explosive charge around his neck … This was not fake.”

“It could have been dangerous for all the ‘yellow vests’ who spent the afternoon with him,” he said, adding that the man clearly had experience with explosives.
Interior Minister Christophe Castaner tweeted that the man had threatened to use “unidentified explosive elements and tampered grenades”.

The device was being inspected by experts, Gonzalez said.
The incident took place at the Espace Anjou shopping centre, near where “yellow vests” protesters in Angers have gathered for the last week.


The nationwide demonstrations have been led by mostly rural or small-town voters wearing high-visibility “yellow vests” who are fed up with rising fuel prices and the policies of unpopular President Emmanuel Macron.
The protest movement quickly disavowed the man.


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Man in yellow vest surrenders after threatening to blow up service station in France

A man wearing a yellow vest and reportedly wielding a grenade at the car wash of a shopping centre in Angers, western France, on November 23, 2018. Photo: AFP

Protestors gesture next to the N70 road on November 23, 2018, near Montceau-les-Mines, central France, as part of nationwide movement called the "yellow vests" ("gilets jaunes" in French) against high fuel prices which has mushroomed into a widespread protest against stagnant spending power. - A national gathering of the "Yellow Vests" is scheduled in Paris on November 24, 2018. (Photo by ROMAIN LAFABREGUE / AFP)

Prefet Bernard Gonzalez (L) and Yves Gambert Procureur de la république d’Angers speak to journalists after members of the RAID elite police unit detained a man who was wearing a yellow vest and wielding a grenade - which could be teargas - after he surrendered to police at the car wash station of the Espace Anjou shopping centre in Angers, western France, on November 23, 2018. - A police intervention was ongoing as a man holding a grenade was demanding that the "Yellow Vests" (Gilet Jaunes) protesters were to be received at the Elysee Palace. Hundreds of thousands of people wearing fluorescent yellow jackets began blockading roads and energy infrastructure across France on November 17 to protest against higher fuel prices and low living standards. (Photo by JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER / AFP)

Members of the RAID elite police unit detain a man (2nd L) who was wearing a yellow vest and wielding a grenade, which could be tear gas, after he surrendered to police at the car wash station of the Espace Anjou shopping centre in Angers, western France, on November 23, 2018. - A police intervention was ongoing as a man holding a grenade was demanding that the "Yellow Vests" (Gilet Jaunes) protesters were to be received at the Elysee Palace. Hundreds of thousands of people wearing fluorescent yellow jackets began blockading roads and energy infrastructure across France on November 17 to protest against higher fuel prices and low living standards. (Photo by JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER / AFP)

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More than 2,000 rallies took place across the country, gathering more than 283,000 protesters, according to the government. Photo: AFP

A man wearing a yellow vest, a symbol of a French drivers' protest against higher fuel prices, attends the demonstration with an image of French president Emmanuel Macron, in Paris, France, November 17, 2018. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

epa07172899 A police officer uses tear gas against a man wearing a yellow vest, as a symbol of French driver's and citizen's protest against higher fuel prices, as they try to reach the Elysee presidential palace as part of a nationwide protest in Paris, France, 17 November 2018. The so-called 'gilets jaunes' (yellow vests) protest movement, which has reportedly no political affiliation, is protesting over fuel prices. According to reports, a female protester died after she was ran over by a vehicle in the south-eastern Savoy region as others were injured elsewhere during nationwide demonstrations. EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON

People block the traffic of the A2 highway near Valenciennes, northern France on November 17, 2018, during a nationwide popular initiated day of protest called "yellow vest" (Gilets Jaunes in French) movement to protest against high fuel prices which has mushroomed into a widespread protest against stagnant spending power under French President. - More than 120 000 people were taking part in more than 2000 protests at roundabouts and motorway exits, Interior Minister said. Most protests were relatively calm despite the anger expressed by many in interviews and on social media in recent days over the surge in fuel prices this year, in particular for diesel. (Photo by FRANCOIS LO PRESTI / AFP)

A man holds a road sign on November 17, 2018 in Quimper, western France, during a nationwide popular initiated day of protest called "yellow vest" (Gilets Jaunes in French) movement to protest against high fuel prices. - Two policemen were wounded on November 17, 2018 in Quimper after being deliberately struck by a vehicle that took part in the demonstration of "yellow vests", announced the prefecture of Finistere in a statement. More than 120 000 people were taking part in more than 2000 protests at roundabouts and motorway exits, Interior Minister said. Most protests were relatively calm despite the anger expressed by many in interviews and on social media in recent days over the surge in fuel prices this year, in particular for diesel. (Photo by Fred TANNEAU / AFP)

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Police talked man armed with grenade into giving himself up after he demanded fuel protesters get an audience with President Emmanuel Macron
Suspect wore the same fluorescent jacket worn by the protesters, although it was not clear whether he was linked to the movement


Police negotiators talk man armed with grenade into giving himself up at service station after he demanded ‘yellow vest’ protesters get an audience with President Emmanuel Macron. He wore the same fluorescent jacket have been worn by fuel protesters across the country, although it was not clear whether he was linked to the movement.


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