THE burning door images had made the rounds of the media. They are now four men to have been indicted following the arson of the porch of the town hall of Bordeaux, on March 23, during incidents following the demonstration against the pension reform. After that of a first suspect pronounced Thursday March 25, three new suspects were indicted on Saturday 1is April, said the parquet floor of Bordeaux.
The first, born in 1986, was indicted for “degradation of public property by incendiary substance” and “participation in a group formed with a view to preparing violence”, and was imprisoned, details the prosecution in a press release. This man has already been the subject of twenty-one convictions, including two for “damage to an object of public utility”, specifies the prosecutor of the Republic of Bordeaux, Frédérique Porterie.
Two other suspects, born in 1998 and 2004, were also indicted, but only for “participation in a group formed to prepare violence”. They are placed under judicial supervision, but the prosecution has appealed the decision of their placement.
Damage of up to 3 million euros, according to the town hall
Their indictment follows that of a first suspect for the same facts, Thursday, March 25, and announced by the prosecution the same day. The public prosecutor then specified that it had requested the “pretrial detention” of this man “against whom there were serious and concordant indications of participation in these facts”. A total of five people were taken into custody after the fire.
The fire on the porch of the town hall had lasted about fifteen minutes on the evening of March 23, after the end of a demonstration against the pension reform enamelled with overflows, damaging the massive wooden door of the building, before being extinguished by firefighters.
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The damage is estimated at nearly 3 million euros by the town hall.
King Charles III of England was also to be received on Tuesday March 28 at Bordeaux City Hall, but the‘Elysée had announced four days earlier the postponement of its state visit to Franceagainst a backdrop of strong social protest.