He is suspected of having wanted to set fire there in the middle of prayer.
A 30-year-old man, a nurseryman by profession and with a criminal record, was indicted and imprisoned, almost a week after an attempted fire against the Morlaix mosque, in Saint-Martin-des-Champs ( Finistère), the Brest prosecutor's office announced on Friday.
“The motivations for this act have not been explained at this stage of the procedure, the accused having remained silent”, indicated the Brest prosecutor's office in a press release, specifying that he faced a sentence of fifteen years in prison. prison.
“Islamophobic climate”
On Saturday, a man doused the door of the mosque with an flammable liquid before setting it on fire, when worshipers were gathered there for morning prayers.
The fire was quickly extinguished and caused no casualties.
A suspect was taken into custody on Thursday, said the Brest prosecutor's office, which opened an investigation for "attempted destruction by dangerous means".
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Organized after Friday prayers, a demonstration brought together some 250 people in Morlaix this Friday to denounce an “Islamophobic climate” in France.
Around a hundred faithful as well as activists from La France insoumise (LFI), the Communist Party and the Solidaires union took part.
Patrick Gambache, first deputy (PCF) to the mayor of Morlaix, denounced “an abject act”, pointing out the “deleterious situation in the country” and “the comments of the extreme right (…) taken up by certain media”.