Explosives missing from French civil security site

PARIS, France (CNN) -- Explosives used to destroy land mines have disappeared from a site near Lyon, France, the French Interior Ministry said Friday.

About 62 pounds (28 kilograms) of explosives were stolen from a depot at the civil security site at Fort de Corbas, the ministry said in a written statement, because of an apparent breach in the site's protection.

Michele Alliot-Marie, France's minister of the interior, immediately suspended the head of the security center and started an investigation.

French anti-terrorism authorities and the Lyon police also are participating in the investigation, the statement said.

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Journalist Leonard Schoenberger contributed to this report.

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