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French police detain Rwandan man over Nantes cathedral blaze – reports
19 Jul, 2020
A man has been taken into custody as part of an investigation into a series
of fires, which are believed to have been started deliberately, at the
Cathedral of St. Pierre and St. Paul in the western French city of Nantes.
The 39-year-old man was arrested at his home on Saturday afternoon, and the
prosecutor revealed that he was in custody on Sunday morning.
According to local media reports, the individual is understood to be a
Rwandan man who worked for the diocese as a volunteer. He was not previously
known to police, according to the Europe1 news outlet.
On Saturday, prosecutor Pierre Sennes revealed that three fires had been
started at the church. The blazes completely destroyed the cathedral’s
grand organ, smashed a prominent stained glass window on the building’s
facade, and ravaged a valuable 19th-century painting that had been sent from
Rome. |
