US Edition'Stupidity of the Century': Man Apologises for Paris War Monument Incident
ÎLE-DE-FRANCE, FRANCE, AUG 8 – Hakim H., 47, was fined €1 and ordered to seek addiction treatment after lighting a cigarette from a war memorial's Eternal Flame, sparking public outrage in Paris.
- Lighting a cigarette from the memorial flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, on Monday evening, led to his arrest and public outrage.
- In court, Hakim H., a Moroccan citizen with French residency, admitted he acted under the influence of alcohol and medicines, calling it "the stupidity of the century."
- Witnesses recorded a man lighting a cigarette from the memorial flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, causing public indignation.
- Under expedited trial, he received a three-month suspended prison sentence, a symbolic one euro fine, and was ordered to seek treatment for alcohol and drug addictions.
- Public indignation grew after a man was found guilty by the Paris criminal court for desecrating the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, amid outrage on social media.
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A man captured on video lighting a cigarette with a memorial flame at a large war memorial in Paris has been given a three-month suspended prison sentence. Hakim H., 47, was found guilty by the judge of desecrating the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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The 47-year-old man, who had served early in the week with the fire of the grave as a lighter—inciting intense indignation on social networks—was appearing before the court this Friday.
·Paris, France
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The man who lit his cigarette from the memorial fire at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris has been sentenced to three months in prison with probation. A Paris court ruled this.
·Antwerp, Belgium
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