Swiss president says she had a tip-off from foreign authorities about an IS cell in Geneva 

#Geneva :  Traces of explosives have apparently been found in the car of two Syrian nationals in Geneva after the Swiss president was warned of an Islamic State cell in the city.

The men were arrested according to the local newspaper Tribune de Geneve and Swiss television.
Two Arrests After ‘IS Cell’ Tip-Off In Geneva
The diplomatic hub was put on a high security alert on Thursday after the Swiss government “received information from a foreign authority regarding a potential IS cell in the Geneva area”.

President Simonetta Sommaruga told a news conference: “Federal authorities examined this information and shared it with the local police.

“There is currently no indication that there was a concrete attack planned.”

Video: Bataclan Band Visits Attack Scene
Sources have told Reuters news agency that the Central Intelligence Agency has provided a photo of four men to authorities that could be on Swiss territory.

Swiss federal police said they have no information linking the suspects to the deadly attacks in Paris last month in which 130 people were killed.

Geneva is more than 250 miles southeast of Paris. Police in Belgium and elsewhere have been searching for Salah Abdeslam, who rented a car which was used to carry gunmen to the Bataclan theatre in Paris, since the attacks.

The Brussels-based suspect – the brother of one of the suicide bombers – is thought to have fled Paris on the night of the massacres.

An arrest warrant was issued for Abdeslam in Morocco at the end of last month, authorities revealed on Friday.