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Terrorist attack at Pa. company's France plant

Beheading at Air Products

A plant near Grenoble (corrected), France, run by Air Products, the Allentown, Pa.-based industrial-gas producer, was attacked by terrorists, French Prime Minister Francois Hollande said in a TV address. Air Products evacuated the plant, the company says here.

A severed human head, with Arabic-language characters dabbed on it, was placed on a stake in front of the plant. Others were reported injured.

Attackers rammed a vehicle through the gate of the plant. At least one man is under arrest. Agence France-Press story (in English) hereBloomberg story here. (Updated)