Three men suspected of having participated in the fire at the circus school in Chanteloup-les-Vignes, in the Yvelines, were placed in police custody Monday morning, we learned from a police source. The marquee fire, inaugurated in 2018, had taken place against a backdrop of urban violence and had caused a great stir in this city in the Paris region and strong political reactions. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe had notably deplored "criminal acts" which were committed by a "small band of fools and irresponsible".
One of the accused was arrested in the city while the other two were taken from the Bois d'Arcy prison where they have been imprisoned for several months in other cases. "In another case, the police intercepted the telephone conversation of an inmate who boasted of having set the marquee on fire with a friend of his," said a police source, confirming information from the Parisian .
The accused were geolocated at the scene of the fire
Investigators from the Sûreté départementale des Yvelines were subsequently traced to the resident of Chanteloup, 23, and to a 19-year-old inmate. The third respondent, 24, who has been in detention since April 2020, was confused by his DNA, found on a bottle seized near the marquee. The accused were also geolocated at the scene of the fire at the time of the incident, said the police source.
Two young people, a minor and an adult, had been indicted in November, as part of the open judicial information, in particular for “destruction or damage to property by fire” in an organized gang, “ambush in a meeting” and “violence volunteers with an organized gang weapon ”on“ persons holding public authority ”.
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