A man was taken to hospital on the night of Monday 18 to Tuesday 19 September, burned to the 3rd degree on the right shoulder and neck after being sprayed with a flammable liquid on the public road in the 20th arrondissement of Paris.
The facts occurred on Geo-Chavez Street, according to a police source, confirming information from Actu17. A police patrol was requested on the spot following a call from the Paris fire brigade who had just discovered a homeless man burned on the public road. According to the testimony of two passers-by, a man sprayed the victim with a flammable liquid before setting him on fire.
Arrested, the respondent was placed in custody. His motives are not yet known. The victim was taken to hospital without his prognosis being life-threatening.