Police said there was evidence the man was on his way to Paris, and he was caught during a traffic stop, the affiliate reported.

A man arrested in Germany’s southern state of Bavaria in early November after weapons and explosives have been present in his automotive could also be linked to Friday’s lethal assault in Paris, Bavaria’s state premier stated on Saturday.

A spokesman for Bavarian state police spokesman confirmed that firearms, explosives and hand grenades were found when undercover police stopped a man near the German-Austrian border on November 5. German police will now be under pressure if it transpires they failed to gather intelligence from the suspect that could have helped French terror police foil last night’s attacks in Paris.

“There is reason to believe that this is possibly linked” to the attacks, Seehofer told a party conference on Saturday. It also reported that the weapons, which it said included an automatic rifle and 1kg of TNT, were professionally hidden inside the body of the auto, a VW Golf.

Rainer Wendt, chairman of the German Police Union, said security agencies appeared to have been tipped off that the man was planning to enter Germany.

The latest on shootings and explosions in Paris. Le Petit Cambodge, adjacent to the Carillon bar, was the scene of another attack, which killed at least 12 people.

Germany’s Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said the 51-year-old from Montenegro had an address in Paris as destination in his vehicle navigation system and that as far as he knew the French authorities had been informed about it.

Among the seven locations that were attacked in Paris on Friday was the Stade de France stadium, where a soccer game between Germany and France was being played. All team activities scheduled for Sunday have been cancelled.