Rififi near the Elysee.
On Thursday, in the middle of the afternoon, a man tried to break into the courtyard of the presidential palace, located at number 55 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris,
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Trying to climb the huge gates that protect the place of residence of the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, and his wife, Brigitte, he had on him a bottle containing liquid and a piece of cloth previously set on fire, according to a judicial source.
Fuzzy motivations
The individual was accompanied by a couple who took photographs and videos of the scene.
The three were taken into custody for "
willful violence with a weapon
", adds the same source.
The investigations were entrusted to the criminal brigade.
The latter must determine whether the flaming bottle was thrown or whether the individual simply dropped the object.
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Investigators will also have to discover the motivations of the perpetrators.
According to a police source, the liquid in the flaming bottle was not dangerous and the man, aged about thirty, would have claimed to be an artist who did not want to do an act of violence.