{"id":1431059,"date":"2022-04-11T13:00:50","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T17:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1431059"},"modified":"2022-04-11T13:00:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T17:00:56","slug":"man-arrested-over-explosive-device-planted-in-french-cathedral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-arrested-over-explosive-device-planted-in-french-cathedral\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Arrested Over Explosive Device Planted in French Cathedral"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fman-arrested-over-explosive-device-planted-in-french-cathedral%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1431059&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A 47-year-old man with known a history of placing suspicious parcels on the city\u2019s metro system has been indicted by prosecutors in Toulouse after allegedly planting an explosive device in the\u00a0Saint-Etienne cathedral.<\/p>\n<p>The man was arrested on Friday by French police in the suburb of Balma several hours after he is said to have placed an explosive device at the foot of the altar of the Saint-Etienne cathedral at around 8:30 am that morning during Mass.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>As the man attempted to flee the cathedral, a church employee, a sacristan, made an attempt to detain the man before he could leave but was unable, newspaper <em>Le Dauphine<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ledauphine.com\/faits-divers-justice\/2022\/04\/08\/toulouse-operation-de-police-apres-un-colis-suspect-laisse-dans-une-cathedrale\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A man armed with a box cutter was arrested in the suburbs of Paris after threatening to kill a worshipper inside a local church while wearing a fake suicide belt-like device. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IRiKcccOgW\">https:\/\/t.co\/IRiKcccOgW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1474963641401286658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cA man came in with a package under his arm. I mistook him for a delivery man. He walked through the nave and dropped off the package in front of the steps of the altar. He shoved me, he said something and he left,\u201d the sacristan said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The package is believed to have been an improvised explosive device and the incident led to 40 worshippers needing to be evacuated from the cathedral. The package did not explode, however, and police later dealt with it.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the Toulouse prosecutor\u2019s office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ledauphine.com\/faits-divers-justice\/2022\/04\/09\/engin-explosif-a-la-cathedrale-de-toulouse-le-suspect-mis-en-examen\">stated<\/a> that the 47-year-old had been indicted and charged with premeditated violence and noted that the man had previously been convicted of threatening people with a weapon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">France: Tunisian Enters Nice Basilica Threatening Staff and Shouting in Arabic <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s57p296xC4\">https:\/\/t.co\/s57p296xC4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1449437987935191041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Another source claimed that the man had been connected to the placing of suspicious parcels on the Toulouse metro system last month as well. So far, the French anti-terrorism prosecutor\u2019s office has not been involved in the case.<\/p>\n<p>French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GDarmanin\/status\/1512404333438156802?s=20&#038;t=mYrx7FPpnA4mmIfym6eBrA\">commented <\/a>on the incident on Friday, saying, \u201cThe individual suspected of having deposited the package resembling an improvised explosive device in the Saint-\u00c9tienne cathedral in Toulouse was arrested. Thank you to our police services.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Attacks on churches and anti-Christian attacks are recognised as a rapidly developing problem in France.<\/p>\n<p>This week,\u00a0Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin slammed the situation for Christians in France and highlighted a new report that claimed the vast majority of anti-religious acts in France last year were directed at Christians.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The migrant who confessed to starting a devastating fire at Nantes Cathedral has stabbed a 60-year-old priest to death after being released, according to reports. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tX2tHrLkSr\">https:\/\/t.co\/tX2tHrLkSr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1424792047987396611?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The French Interior Ministry claimed that of the 1,659 recorded anti-religious incidents in 2021, 857, over half, were directed against Christians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe number of attacks indicates that religious intolerance is growing despite all the efforts to try to respect each other,\u201d Cardinal Parolin said and added, \u201cOn the other hand, we cannot overlook the issue of radicalization, due to so many different factors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While most attacks on French churches involve vandalism, desecration, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/18\/french-court-tries-repeat-criminal-over-burning-of-four-churches\/\">arson<\/a>, there have been several murders in recent years, including the 2016 Islamist killing of Father Jacques Hamel and the 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/10\/29\/terror-attack-three-dead-several-injured-in-nice-france\/\">Nice terrorist attack<\/a> by Tunisian illegal immigrant\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/05\/06\/mobile-phone-nice-church-terrorist-reveals-he-planned-go-paris\/\">Brahim Aouissaoui<\/a>, who killed three people and injured several others.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">French Court Tries Repeat Criminal over Burning of Four Churches<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/91NcInjBq8\">https:\/\/t.co\/91NcInjBq8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1483544728616546306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><em><strong><span class=\"a-size-large\">Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at\u00a0<span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomlinsonCJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@TomlinsonCJ<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>or email at\u00a0ctomlinson(at)breitbart.com.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 47-year-old man with known a history of placing suspicious parcels on the city\u2019s metro system has been indicted by prosecutors in Toulouse after allegedly planting an explosive device 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