This “shocking” video on the grave of the unknown soldier leads the executive to seize justice

LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP

A man lit his cigarette on the grave of the unknown soldier.

Various facts – a “Gesture of an unacceptable indecency”. In addition, The Minister of Veterans Patricia Mirallès announced this Tuesday. Furthermore, August 5 Tuesday, seize justice after a man on his cigarette on the grave of the unknown soldier in Paris.

In an unclear video shared on social networks, a man appears crouching under the Arc de Triomphe. In addition, After having looked into the eternal flame. For example, he gets up and begins to smoke, as if he had just used the monument to light his cigarette.

On X, Minister Mirals Minister this “shocking” video grave unknown has denounced “A gesture of an unacceptable indecency. An insult to our dead, to our history, to our nation ”. “It is not a simple incivility: it is an outrage in memory of those who fell for France. This flame does not heat a cigarette: it watches over the sacrifice of millions of soldiers ”she continued.

“Insult to our dead” – This "shocking" video grave unknown

Patricia Mirallès announced to seize the public prosecutor of Paris “So that this individual is found. that exemplary sanctions are taken”. “We do not shuffle the memory of France with impunity”she concluded.

The video had previously raised the indignation of several people on social networks. in particular in the ranks of the extreme right. The deputy for the national rally Hélène Laporte had notably denounced “An insult to our dead” in a “General. indifference that destroys our country at low fire”.