A second person was arrested. arrested and placed in custody seen, on Sunday July 21, in the case of the fire which left seven dead à Nice. The individual is suspected of being one of the arsonists, two other suspects are still being sought. A man suspected of to be 'to be à the origin of the fatal fire on à Nice wasé arrested. The individual is the second person to be arrested and placed in custody. seen in the context of this affair, it was é arrested in the Paris region in the afternoon of Sunday July 21 by the national BRI according to information from BFMTV.< /em> The man is believed to be one of the three arsonists responsible for the fire which broke out in the city. in a Nice building in the popular Moulins district on the night of July 17 to 18, around 2:30 a.m. Seven people lost their lives in this fire and three other victims were injured. injured, one of whom was injured. hospitalized in absolute emergency. Three young children and a teenager are among the victims. If one of the suspects was arrested, two other alleged perpetrators of the fire are still being sought. The video surveillance images having filmed the fire showed the presence of three people entering the building before the fire broke out and leaving the premises immediately afterward. time of the fire. The first person placed in custody seen on July 19 is not one of the alleged perpetrators, but one of their relatives considered to have been murdered. as "interesting" for the investigation according to a source close to the file with the Figaro. An investigation was initially carried out. opened for "deliberate destruction by fire leadingé death" but wasé reclassified as intentional destruction by fire in an organized gang and having resulted in death" and "association of criminals with a view to committing acts of willful destruction by fire in an organized gang". The criminal trail is therefore privileged. According to the first elements of the investigation and the video surveillance images, three hooded people entered the building in the night before coming out shortly after and taking over. Three fires broke out on the first three floors. "The trail of facts occurring in the context of a conflict against a backdrop of drug trafficking, unrelated to the victims and their families, is explored ;e", specifiedé the prosecutor Thursday. The victim family could, in fact, not have been the target of the criminals. According to The& nbsp;Parisian, the man who was targeted by the arsonists was not present in the building at the time of the events, nor were his relatives. The Comorian family would therefore have been a collateral victim. It is however appropriate to remain cautious for the moment about the reason for passing to the act which was not carried out confirmed. 
A crime against a backdrop of drug trafficking ?
Fire in Nice: who are the two men in police custody ? Suspects still sought
ByTeilor Stone
Jul 22, 2024
By Teilor Stone
Teilor Stone has been a reporter on the news desk since 2013. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining Thesaxon , Teilor Stone worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my teilor@nizhtimes.com 1-800-268-7116