Of the two screen-printed cars of the municipal police of Arcueil (Val-de-Marne), only the two charred carcasses remained this Saturday afternoon.
“It looks like a voluntary act.
Only the two cars, parked outside, but in a closed enclosure belonging to the town hall, were affected, deplores Ludovic Sot, deputy mayor, in charge in particular of security.
The fire began to lick the neighbors' wall before being completely brought under control.
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“An investigation, entrusted to the Kremlin-Bicêtre police station, has been opened.
No criminal or accidental hypothesis is privileged”, tempers the parquet floor of Créteil.
Experts went to the scene this afternoon to try to determine the origin of the disaster.
“On the side of the town hall, we take fewer gloves.
“We had received threats after interventions in a district of the town, adds the deputy.
It looks like arson.
Fortunately, only the two cars were destroyed.
Neighbors quickly alerted.
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Possible traces of break-in on the fence
Around 4 a.m., firefighters were called to a two-car fire.
A disaster quickly brought under control.
“I would not be surprised that the arsonist or arsonists passed over the fence, advances a witness, while pointing to some sort of canisses totally lying on the top of the gate.
They were able to go through it.
“Only this part of the fence, nearly two meters long, is damaged.
A small sign indicates that the land belongs to the town hall.
Yet from the outside, it is difficult to see the parked vehicles and machinery, not to mention the other materials used in particular for the maintenance of the green spaces of the municipality.
“This kind of event is always unpleasant and above all unacceptable, deplores the mayor (EELV) Christian Métairie, before adding tongue-in-cheek: this at least proves that the municipal police remain useful if certain people want to destroy it.
In the meantime, the six municipal police officers and the two public road surveillance officers (ASVP) find themselves without means of transport since the municipal police were equipped with their only cars.
The amount of the loss has not yet been assessed, but the equipment of two screen-printed cars, with the flashing light, the two-tone..., figures fairly quickly.
In 2019, four Villejuif municipal police cars suffered the same fate in one night.
