The lawyer for a 39-year-old Rwandan refugee detained after a fire at the 15th-century cathedral in the French city of Nantes said nothing directly linked his client to the incident.
A view of debris caused by a fire inside the Cathedral of Saint Pierre and Saint Paul in Nantes, France, July 18, 2020. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
He also said “politicians are meddling in the situation” and that should not prevent a sense of perspective over a fire that had not endangered human life, although it caused significant damage.The man, who was not named, worked as a volunteer for the cathedral and had been in charge of locking up the building on Friday night, LCI television said, citing prosecutor Pierre Sennes.On Saturday, he said three fires had been started at the site and there had been no signs of a break-in.
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