A fire, probably of criminal origin, was slightly damaged in the Thursday night a prayer room in Lyon. This is the second in the space of a week.
This is the second incident of this type in a week in the city. A fire, probably of criminal origin, was slightly damaged in the Thursday night a prayer room in Lyon. The fire has blackened the door of the prayer hall es salaam, located in a small social housing development recently renovated the 2nd district.
“The fire would seem it would be criminal, according to the first information that made me go back to the firefighters and police officers,” said the mayor (LR) of the 2nd arrondissement, Pierre Olivier. The loss was triggered 02h16, has indicated the prosecutor who confirmed that “privileging the hypothesis criminal.” The investigation, opened under the head of damage volunteers by fire has been entrusted to the departmental safety of Lyon.
limited damage to the door and to the entrance hall
The quick intervention of the fire brigade ensured that there are no victims, welcomed Pierre Olivier. The building where the prayer room consists of several apartments. The damage is limited to the door and to the entrance hall. While a strong smell of burning hung still on the scene, two faithful déblayaient the ashes in front of the door
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“This is just the door that has burned. Fortunately, the fire did not hit the neighbors up,” noted Naaman Amaamin, 75 years of age, one of the volunteers of the mosque The secretary general of the mosque Abderrazak Chenini has announced its intention to file a complaint.
Two fires in a week
last Friday, a local annex of the hall of prayers of Bron, near Lyon suburbs had been damaged by a fire, probably of criminal origin, according to the public prosecutor.
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“a Few days after Bron, the muslim community is in an uproar about the proliferation of these acts of hate and intolerance,” said Abdallah Zekri, president of the national Observatory of fight against the islamophobia and general delegate of the French Council of the muslim cult (CFCM). “I can only condemn with force to such behavior and address all of my solidarity to the people of Lyon, still under the shock of what happened to Bron”, said Abdallah Zekri.
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On Twitter, the minister of the Interior and of Cults Gérald Darmanin has condemned this new attempt at fire in the city of lyon, pointing out that it was the second in a week. “Acts of anti-muslim, anti-semitic, anti-christian: such attacks are idiots and hate are contrary to all that is France. I protect the freedom of worship”, he assured.
