Man Lights Cigarette From Eternal Flame

It seems that almost each week location is simply a study of a tourer aliases brainless idiot doing thing really stupid aliases insulting astatine an important attraction aliases shrine.

This week (on August 4) it was nan move of nan Eternal Flame astatine nan Tomb of nan Unknown Soldier nether nan Arc de Triomphe successful Paris to beryllium treated pinch contempt.

Man lights cigaret from Eternal Flame nether Arc de Triomphe Paris

Appearing connected Tik Tok and apparently filmed by a Latvian visitant to nan overmuch respected site, a man was shown calmly bending down to ray a cigaret from nan Eternal Flame earlier wandering disconnected into nan distance.

There was an contiguous outburst of anger and disgust erstwhile nan video appeared connected Social Media which prompted a timely connection from French Minister for Veterans and Remembrance, Patricia Miralles who observed “I americium filing a lawsuit instantly pinch nan Paris authorities prosecutors truthful that this man will beryllium recovered and sanctions imposed to make an illustration of him.”

She added “The tomb, nether nan arch astatine nan apical of nan Champs-Élysées avenue, contains nan remains of a worker killed successful nan first world warfare and is laid location arsenic a tribute to France’s warfare dead.

“This occurrence does not ray a cigarette, it burns for nan sacrifice of millions of our soldiers.

“This is an reproach to our dead, to our history and to our nation.”

Man lights cigaret from Eternal Flame and is arrested nan pursuing day

Although nan sanction of nan individual progressive was chartless astatine nan clip of nan desecration, French Minister of nan Interior Bruno Retailleau stated X connected August 5 that “The man who desecrated nan Tomb of nan Unknown Soldier by lighting a cigaret pinch nan memorial occurrence was arrested successful Paris for violating a funeral site, tomb, urn, aliases monument erected successful representation of nan dead.

“He was taken into custody and admitted nan facts. Following nan study made by nan Police Prefect (Article 40 of nan Code of Criminal Procedure), he will beryllium brought to justice. This undignified and miserable enactment undermines nan representation of those who died for France.”