erground car park by security guards when their old car aroused suspicion because it bore new number plates. When the pair failed to produce any papers to verify the origin of the vehicle or the plates, they were detained while the police were called. The pair then made their escape when Breguet pulled a pistol and pointed it at the guards and running away. On reaching the street, Kopp was caught by the police and shortly after Breguet was also apprehended. During the arrest, his attempt to shoot a policeman failed when his pistol jammed. After the arrest Kopp was found to be carrying $2000 in cash while Breguet carried two passports. A later search of their vehicle uncovered another pistol, two kilos of explosives, two grenades, an alarm clock and a battery complete with electrical wiring. Despite undergoing intense questioning for several hours, the pair refused to talk other than to tell police that they were International revolutionaries who were not about to commit any acts on French soil. What they did not divulge was that their mission was to bomb the Paris office of Al Watan al Arabi a magazine that had printed a story alleging the involvement of the Syrian government in the assassination of Louis Delamare, the French Ambassador to Beirut. The story angered the Syrian government and the SDECE believes that Carlos was hired to carry out the bombing on their behalf. At the time of her arrest, Kopp had no identity papers and the passports found in Breguet's possessions were found to be false. Later checks correctly identified them both together with the fact that Breguet had already served time for smuggling explosives and the German authorities sought Kopp for supplying explosives to the Baader-Meinhoff group. Carlos learned of the arrest a day later while waiting in Budapest but it took him a full week to respond. His response, in the form of a letter, was addressed to Gaston Deffere, the French Minister of the Interio...
