The investigators “wanted to clarify some elements of this person’s employment at that time,” explained Pierre Sennès, the chief prosecutor of the Republic
Investigators “wanted to clarify some elements of this person’s employment at that time,” explained Pierre Sennès, chief prosecutor of the Republic of Nantes.
Incident or intentional act? The fire in the cathedral in Nantes always retains its share of mystery. The Diocese volunteer, who was heard in police custody, was finally released on Sunday evening. And that “without any procedure”, the prosecutor stated, confirming the information of the Press Ocean daily.
The volunteer “was responsible for closing the cathedral on Friday night, and the investigators wanted to clarify some elements of the person’s employment at that time,” explained Sunday Stone Sennès, the chief prosecutor of the Republic of Nantes. The investigators wanted to hear the man “at” the closing of the Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul cathedral.
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“He is not involved in fact-finding,” the prosecutor told Press Ocean. In the state of the case, “there is no element that directly relates to my client in the cathedral fire,” Me Quentin Chabert, the lawyer for the arrested, told reporters on Sunday.
The man is “a Rwandan who took refuge in France a few years ago. He has many steps to his documents like hundreds of others,” explained the rector of Nantes Cathedral, Father Hubert Champagne, on Sunday. According to the chancellor, this 39-year-old man is an “altar servant”. “I’ve known him for four or five years,” he assured, before adding: “I have confidence in him and all the staff.”
On the inside of the cathedral is the inscription “Three fire points separate”.
According to the prosecutor, no trace of a break-in at the level of external access was recognized. “On Friday I finished playing until 9 p.m.” and “everything was perfectly normal, very quiet. I was far from imagining the drama that would happen the next day,” testified 56-year-old Michel Bourcier, an organist at the cathedral.
But questions are being raised about the origin of the fire, because “three points of fire” were observed inside the cathedral. “Between the large organ, which is located on the facade on the first floor, and the other lights, you have almost the entire distance of the cathedral. They are still at a distance from each other,” the prosecutor said on Saturday. Fire experts, the police laboratory of science and technology, are busy trying to determine the origin of the damage, in the context of an investigation open to “arson”.
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On Sunday afternoon, the cathedral courtyard was returned to traffic. Firefighters left the scene with investigators in the cathedral, the facade of which is slightly darkened above the portico. “We think of Our Lady for sure,” said Vanessa, 43, a saleswoman who lives in the district. “It’s our heritage, it’s sad to see it. Even if it’s restored, things won’t come back”.
On Saturday, these are the passers-by who informed the fire department at around 7:45 that flames were coming out of the cathedral. It took the firemen about two hours to control the fire, which primarily affected the large organ. This organ is placed on a platform built in 1620, which is reached by a staircase of 66 steps. The great organ, which dates back to 1621, survived a fire in 1972, which was caused by a roofer’s torch. The cathedral was reopened for worship in 1985. The construction of the Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul Cathedral, in the luxurious Gothic style, lasted for several centuries, from 1434 to 1891.
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on Saturday afternoon, the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, accompanied by the Ministers of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, and Culture, Roselyne Bachelot, paid tribute to the “commitment and great professionalism” of the hundreds of mobilized firefighters. The state will “participate” in the reconstruction “I want the fastest possible one”, he promised.
Date of update: 20 July 2020, 04:58
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Source: newstars.edu.vn