Degradation of the stele of Marshal June in Paris: a man in custody

A 31-year-old man suspected of degrading the stele of Marshal Juin in Paris in mid-November, the first anniversary of the movement of "yellow vests", was placed in custody Thursday, we learned from the parquet de Paris, confirming information from France Inter .

Identification thanks to cameras and "telephony"

The "careful exploitation of cameras and telephony" allowed the investigators to identify and challenge this man, tweeted the Prefecture of Police of Paris. The day of 16 November had been peppered with violence, including the Place d'Italie where the police had faced small groups of thugs on the sidelines of a demonstration of "yellow vests". The stele, a monument in memory of Marshal Juin, is in the center of this square.

The investigators of @prefpolice, through the careful exploitation of cameras and telephony, have identified and arrested this day the individual suspected of being the author of the degradations committed on Saturday 16/11 on the stele of Marshal Juin in # placeditalie. pic.twitter.com/aBgJKBu3U3

Two days later, a republican tribute was organized here, in the presence of the mayor (PS) of Paris, Anne Hidalgo. "We do not accept that the symbols, the ones that make us a united Republic, are damaged," she said indignantly in a speech.