France on alert after terrorists storm factory, behead man

France was on high alert after a worker at a U.S.-based chemical company was beheaded by terrorists bearing ISIS flags early Friday, authorities said.

The factory is operated by Allentown, Pa.,-based Air Products & Chemicals, a maker of industrial gases.

According to Fox News, the attack occurred around 9:50 a.m. local time at the factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier. According to the report, two men dressed as deliverymen arrived at the plant. One walked into the main office, declared he was a member of ISIS and beheaded someone. The terrorists then left the severed head hanging from a fence, and set off several gas canisters at the plant. The severed head reportely had Arabic writing scrawled across it and was placed next to an Islamist flag.

Around 10 people reportedly were injured.

"The attack was of a terrorist nature since a body was discovered, decapitated and with inscriptions," French President Francois Hollande told a news conference in Brussels, where he was attending an EU summit.

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