The man admitted to hospital on Wednesday after having entrenched himself in a museum in Saint-Raphael, in the Var, where he had destroyed works, left the hospital and was placed in custody Friday, a- we learned from the prosecutor's office. A panel of experts ruled that he "had nothing more to do in hospitalization of office", said the prosecutor of Draguignan, Patrice Camberou, confirming information from the radio France Bleu Provence. At first on Wednesday, her custody was suspended, a psychiatrist doctor considered that his discernment was abolished.
"He will be examined again by a doctor who will say if custody can continue," said Patrice Camberou. A judicial inquiry could be opened for "destruction of cultural work after breaking into a public place", for which he incurs seven years of imprisonment.
His identity has still not been determined
The identity of this man, arrested Wednesday at the archaeological museum of Saint-Raphael, has still not been determined, "his papillary fingerprints corresponding to eight different aliases," according to the prosecutor. He speaks French fluently, he says.
On the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, he had entered the museum where he remained, alone and unarmed, about 4 hours, resulting in the establishment of a large police in the center of this city of the Coast d'Azur. Several inscriptions in Arabic had been seen on the walls and furniture. On Friday, the prosecutor told AFP that he wrote in Arabic "Allah is great", as well as the names of several people, including his own. "Nothing to say that we are in the presence of an apology for terrorism," said Patrice Camberou. The man was finally arrested by the Raid, an elite police unit.
According to the mayor of Saint-Raphael, Frédéric Masquelier, amphoras dating from the Roman period were destroyed in the museum.