Nice

The French could not even ignore it because this type of action has become so regular in the country.

In Nice, in the Alpes-Maritimes, a person was arrested by the police on Friday 6 September after vandalizing the Sacré-Cœur church. Not only did the man break several statues in the religious building but he also threatened a woman with a knife. Events that took place shortly before 3 p.m.

First, as reported by the video surveillance images, the individual threw his knife blade in the direction of the woman, who, fortunately, was not injured. Not without insulting the victim first. It was then that he decided to destroy several images, before disturbing the prayers of the faithful in the church.

While leaving the Sacré-Cœur church, the man also damaged a statue of the Virgin Mary.

According to the testimony of Father Jean-Baptiste to France 3 Côte d’Azur, “a man came home, he was strong. He threw his knife at a woman and she tried to avoid the knife. He was angry and started vandalizing the statues.”

After the violent person, Anthony Borré, was arrested. replied the first Deputy Mayor of Nice on a social network

Bravo to him @PMdeNice for the quick and effective intervention that made it possible to arrest a person with a knife who destroyed two churches this afternoon. #very good06 pic.twitter.com/00UmlyBJu0

– Anthony Borré (@anthony_borre) September 6, 2024

Regarding the identity of the suspect, the daily area Good morning revealed on September 9 that the man arrested was a Moldovan national homeless and about twenty years old. He was remanded in custody pending his trial, which is set for October 14. In the meantime, the court also ordered a “psychiatric evaluation of the accused” according to the media headline.

In addition, the Moldovan must answer for other facts because he is also accused of having, on the same 6 September, thrown stones into the church of Voeu (also in Nice) as well as parish Like the other victim, the latter was not injured.

This is not the first time that Christians in the French Riviera city have faced acts of violence: on October 29, 2020, a An immigrant from Tunisia had stabbed three people during the attack on the Notre-Dame de l’Assomption basilica.

The attacker of the Nice attack is from Tunisia who recently arrived via Lampedusa.

Due to the health and security emergency, no entry should be accepted!

Let’s stop all asylum procedures and issuing visas from countries at risk!

– Eric Ciotti (@eciotti) October 29, 2020

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