The 38-year-old man, arrested Saturday in Lyon after setting fire to his car in which were three empty gas cylinders, acknowledged the facts, saying he "heard voices", according to the Lyon prosecutor, Nicolas Jacquet .
"The 38-year-old man, in police custody, admitted to having deliberately set his vehicle on fire," Nicolas Jacquet wrote in a statement on Sunday, stating that "the person concerned is not known to specialized services for radicalization". "Without employment and homeless, he does not invoke any religious or political motive in support of his gesture, he says he acted in despair while explaining that he heard voices inciting him to commit a crime," said prosecutor .
Arrested in possession of a pistol type "airsoft" ball. Saturday mid-morning, three empty gas cylinders were found in the car of the alleged arsonist, parked in the parking of the Cuirassiers of the Part-Dieu shopping center. The man was arrested in possession of a pistol type "airsoft" ball. The mall was partially closed on Saturday until mid-day.
The investigation was entrusted to the Interregional Directorate of Judicial Police (DIPJ). The suspect, who "would have been subject to psychiatric hospitalization in 2016", should be referred Monday to the prosecutor's office for an opening of judicial information, according to Nicolas Jacquet.