5 Foreign Nationals Arrested After Attempted Break-In at Texas Courthouse

BREAKING and DEVELOPING: 5 Foreign Nationals Arrested After Attempted Break-In at Texas Courthouse, Authorities Say

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Asst Natl Dir Mellie

Published October 19, 2011

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  Police arrested five men, whom they described as French-Moroccan nationals, for an attempted break-in at the Bexar County Courthouse in San Antonio early Wednesday.

DEVELOPING: The FBI and local police say they are trying to figure out why five French-Moroccan nationals tried to break into a Texas courthouse in the middle of the night.

At least five foreign nationals are in custody after the attempted break-in at the Bexar County Courthouse in San Antonio, which triggered a bomb scare and FBI terror investigation, a source close to the case tells FoxNews.com.

The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing, said the suspects are believed to be of French-Moroccan descent.

FBI agents and a bomb squad were called to courthouse after two men were found inside the building early Wednesday, 1200 WOAI News Radio reports.

The pair, along with another man, who was outside in an RV, are being questioned by the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force.

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