The Associated Press reports a security official found a decapitated head posted on the gate at the entry to the gas factory.

The factory is called Air Products, and is a U.S. - based firm.

Several others are said to be injured.

Several small explosions were reported on-site, said to be from the gas canisters inside the factory.

Two flags, one white and one black and both with Arabic inscriptions, were found at the scene.

France's president says a suspect in what he called a "terrorist" attack at a gas factory in southeastern France has been arrested and identified.

Francois Hollande, speaking in Brussels, said one person was killed and two wounded in the attack, which began shortly before 10 a.m. Friday when a car crashed the gate and plowed into gas canisters, touching off an explosion.

Hollande said one suspect has been arrested and indicated that a second attacker might have been involved.

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