Investigators say the prefabricated plastic mould found during a search of her flat was covered in aluminium, which they believe was designed to fool bomb detectors.
France remains in a state of emergency following last month’s Paris attacks, which killed 130 people. The interior ministry has warned shoppers and churches to be on high alert for terrorist attacks this Christmas.
The woman, named only as Camille, 23, a Muslim convert and mother of a two-year-old child, was arrested in Montpellier on Monday along with her husband.
Investigators told Midi-Libre newspaper that a computer at the flat had been used to search for information about kamikaze women and for instructions on how to manufacture explosives.
During questioning the woman reportedly told police she planned to wear the bump in order to shoplift. However, detectives said the woman had recently inherited several thousand euros and had no need to steal.
“These people have extremely worrying profiles, and what we found is even more so,” an unnamed police source told Midi-Libre.
Separately, a terror suspect who decapitated his boss and took a selfie with the head and flags covered in Islamic writings has killed himself while in prison awaiting trial.
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