Europe 1 with AFP 11:21 am, November 24, 2021
The car of the mayor LR of Briançon, Arnaud Murgia, was set on fire overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday while it was parked in front of his home.
The Gap prosecutor's office opened a flagrant investigation for "willful destruction by fire and dangerous means" and the zonal direction of the Marseille judicial police was seized.
The car of the mayor LR of Briançon, Arnaud Murgia, was set on fire overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday and an investigation was opened for "arson", we learned Wednesday from corroborating sources.
"That night my personal vehicle parked at home was set on fire and totally burned," the mayor said on his Twitter account, welcoming that the fire did not spread to the building where his family and neighbors slept.
The zonal direction of the judicial police of Marseille seized
"No suspect has been identified for the moment", indicated the prosecutor of Gap Florent Crouhy, specifying that "gasoline was dispersed to voluntarily burn the vehicles" parked in the parking lot of the residence.
The Gap prosecutor's office opened a flagrant investigation for "willful destruction by fire and dangerous means".
"Taking into account the gravity of the facts and their repetition, I seized the zonal direction of the judicial police of Marseilles", specified the prosecutor.
Three technical vehicles in the city have been set on fire in recent days, according to information gathered on the spot.
The mayor of Briançon was not the subject of threats before these facts, according to a source close to the investigation.