ARREST: “He made threats and had agitated behaviour” said one witness …
The Church of Saint-Pierre d’Arène, in Nice, was evacuated on Sunday morning, in the Easter Mass after a man with threatening behavior broke into the premises. A security perimeter has been established in this area, close to the Promenade des Anglais.
Un individu suspect évacué de l’église Saint-Pierre-d’Arène de Nice par la Bac pic.twitter.com/AgGvaB0euX
— France Bleu Azur (@francebleuazur) April 16, 2017
He brandished “what looked like a sausage” uttering threats
According to information from Nice-Matin , a man dressed in fatigues and gloves entered the church would be launching threats, “looking agitated” a witness told the regional daily.
A judicial source confirmed this account to AFP, adding that the man had “a particular behavior, threatening everyone with death and brandishing what looked like a sausage.”
The man was quickly overpowered and arrested. The mass was then taken, according to the Alpes-Maritimes prefecture. On Twitter, he said that ” the ‘ alert worked perfectly .”
St Pierre d’Arene : alerte a parfaitement fonctionné individu inquiétant interpellé et contrôlé la messe se poursuit
— PréfetAlpesMaritimes (@prefet06) April 16, 2017
The president of the regional council Eric Ciotti congratulated on Twitter “the perfectly controlled intervention” of the security forces. The first deputy mayor Christian Estrosi has done the same.
