Fire in Nice: three men arrested, two others missing

A third person was arrested. arrested this Wednesday July 24 as part of the investigation into the fire which led to the death of seven people à Nice. Two other suspects are still being sought.

And three. A new suspect in the investigation into the fatal fire that occurred in a building in Nice on the night of July 17 to 18 has been identified. arrested and placed on guard &agrav; seen this Wednesday July 24 according to information from Nice Matin. The public prosecutor specified that: that the man is one of the five "wanted individuals" since the fire. All were é identified and are men aged 17 to 15 years old. 25 years old living in the Alpes-Maritimes or in the Paris region, three of them are suspected of being involved in crime. the origin of the fire and the last two to have been caused by the fire. in the car that drove the arsonists to the scene.

Two suspects have already been arrested. été arrested last Thursday and Sunday and were arrested. indicted and placed in detention on Tuesday July 23 for "voluntary destruction by fire in an organized gang which led to & death". One is suspected; to be one of the arsonists, while the second would be one of the witnesses present in the vehicle on the evening of the incident. #39;fire. The man arrested Wednesday July 24 would be the second witness. The two other people suspected of starting the fire are still being sought.

A crime against a backdrop of drug trafficking

The open investigation has confirmed that the fire in Nice is linked to à "a conflict against a backdrop of drug trafficking". 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.

Initially opened for "deliberate destruction by fire resulting in death" was therefore é reclassified as intentional destruction by fire in an organized gang and having resulted in death" and "criminal association 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, but it was on the 7th floor that the flames broke out. caused the most damage. Two other individuals were in the car that drove the arsonists to the scene.

The prosecutor of the Republic of Nice, Damien Martinelli, explained on Tuesday July 23 that "the trail of facts occurring within the framework of a conflict against a backdrop of drug trafficking is confirmed" and specifiedé that the victims had no link "directly or indirectly" with the rivalries linked to the controls of drug sales points. According to Le Parisien , 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.