A man who tried to bring two handguns into a hotel at Disneyland Paris has been detained along with his female partner, authorities say.
No one was hurt in the incident, and the park – Europe’s most-visited tourist attraction – remained open after the arrests on Thursday.
The man, 28, was detained at the New York Hotel, part of the Disneyland complex, according to a police official who wasn’t authorised to be publicly named. He was also found to have a Koran. The man’s motives for trying to enter the hotel with arms were unclear.
‘During a routine security screening checkpoint at one of our hotels, weapons were discovered in a guest’s luggage through our X-ray machine. The police were immediately notified,’ Disneyland Paris communications chief Francois Banon said.