Toulouse: arrested for alleged terrorist threats, the visitor to Saint-Etienne cathedral finally released
A 43-year-old man was suspected of making terrorist threats inside Saint-Etienne Cathedral. After verification, he would have simply used the word terrorism in a telephone conversation.
Police officers on alert, the Saint-Etienne cathedral sent … Those who walked near the prefecture of Haute-Garonne believed in the worst this Monday evening, December 20. A 43-year-old man suspected of making terrorist threats was heard by police from the anti-crime squad in the early evening. His arrest would in fact be linked … to a misunderstanding.
The facts unfold shortly after 5 p.m. One of the parishioners got scared as he listened to a visitor’s conversation. He would have heard the word “terrorism” and inevitably imagined the worst. As a precaution, this man to warn the police. The police immediately put in place the vigipirate plan and deployed many officials there. Pendant The area was cordoned off for over an hour. Dogs trained to detect explosives circulated inside and outside the cathedral without finding anything.
The suspect was eventually apprehended in the early evening. After verification, this homeless person who would have telephoned inside the Saint-Etienne cathedral would not have uttered threats, nor defended terrorism. During his telephone conversation, he allegedly simply used the word “terrorism”. This forties will not be prosecuted, he was also quickly released.