Fire in a church in Saint-Omer: the suspect in custody admitted the facts
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Suspect has confessed. Two days after the fire that partially ravaged the Church of the Immaculée-Conception in Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais), the man taken into custody as part of the investigation admitted the facts, reports Le Parisien.The defendant indicated that he had broken into the place of worship, in order to steal money from the trunks, in order to steal money from the trunks, before setting the fire. “He should be presented to the crimi…
The 39-year-old man was taken into custody on Tuesday after the fire at the Immaculée-Conception Church in Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais) on the night of Sunday to Monday.

On Monday, a violent fire caused the bell tower of a church in Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais) to fall. The man arrested, known for arson, admitted the facts.
The man taken into custody after the fire at a church in Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais) admitted the facts and had already been convicted of “damaging a religious building”, the prosecutor's office said on Wednesday.
Despite the quick intervention of firefighters, the bell tower of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Saint-Omer, France, burned down.
The man who has been in custody since Monday, September 2, as part of the investigation into the fire that ravaged a church in Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais), is already known for similar facts. He had been imprisoned for acts of theft and voluntary degradation.
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