Although the Lyon Pride March, last Saturday, took place overall in a good mood and calm, some participants had a little scare.
According to
Le Progrès
, while the procession was in the streets of Villeurbanne in the early afternoon, a group of walkers reported to the CRS an elderly man whose behavior they considered suspicious.
The old gentleman, armed with a knife, handled what the participants took for a rosary.
The CRS then arrested the old man and placed him in custody.
Quickly, the police realized that the septuagenarian was completely peaceful.
The so-called rosary was just an anti-stress necklace, and the knife was to be used to peel an apple for her granddaughter.
He was released at the end of the day.
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