France: Man Receives 4-Year Prison Sentence for Cathedral Arson Attack
The defendant’s decision to set fire to the centuries-old cathedral came after he received an order to leave the French territory.
The defendant’s decision to set fire to the centuries-old cathedral came after he received an order to leave the French territory.
Seeing two Catholic nuns leave the field in this way gives witness to the argument, shared by many on the Right, that they’ve been dispossessed by their country.
Two of the suspects, both originally from Sudan but who arrived in France in 2018, were indicted on Monday afternoon by a magistrate from the criminal division. They face 20 years in prison.
Ahead of planned demonstrations against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and oppressive restriction measures set to take place over the weekend in France and Austria, US Embassies in Paris and Vienna have issued demonstration alerts, calling on US citizens to avoid the vicinities of the protests.