The Moroccan team achieved a feat on Tuesday by qualifying for the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup after eliminating Spain.
Something to delight many supporters who did not hesitate to express their happiness in the street.
In Bergerac (Dordogne), garbage cans and two cars were set on fire on the sidelines of these celebrations, reports
Sud-Ouest
.
The facts would have taken place on the night of this Wednesday, around 4 am.
Firefighters rushed to the scene to put out the fires.
According to France Bleu Périgord, a young man of Moroccan origin is suspected of being the author of these degradations.
Aged 24, he was arrested a few hours after the fact and placed in police custody.
Questioned by the investigators, he would have admitted having celebrated the victory of his native country with friends.
But he would have denied having set fire to the cars and garbage cans.
A flagrance investigation for deliberate damage by fire has been opened by the Bergerac prosecutor's office.
The defendant is already known to the courts.
He would have already been condemned for similar facts according to the parquet floor.
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