A 57-year-old man was arrested this Sunday morning in the city center of Grenoble (Isère).
He is suspected of having threatened to kill altar boys in a church, reports Le Dauphiné.
The facts occurred around 10:30 a.m. in the Saint-André collegiate church.
Mass was about to begin when the man entered the church and took his seat.
The 50-year-old would then have mimed a gesture of slaughter in the direction of the altar boys before leaving.
The suspect taken into custody
Parishioners who saw his gesture immediately alerted the police.
A suspect matching the description that had been made was arrested a few minutes later and was recognized and identified by witnesses.
The 50-year-old firmly denied the charges against him.
He was taken into custody for “repeated death threats committed on the basis of race, ethnicity, nation or religion”.
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Isere
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Death threats
Church
Child
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