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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8049

17 September 2001
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/terrorism
European Parliament has never been the target of sarin nerve gas attack - security measures are stepped up

Strasbourg / Brussels, 17/09/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Monday, the Lower Rhine Prefecture made a "formal denial" to the Sunday Telegraph article which alleged that the European Parliament was the target of an attack by serin nerve gas prepared by terrorists financed by Ossama bin Laden during its plenary session in Strasbourg in February. According to the British daily, the failed attack, which was to mark the beginning of a wave of attacks against several institutions in Europe, was foiled...

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