It was local residents who alerted the police, while the man was cutting the Christmas tree installed by the city of Lormont.
Le Figaro Bordeaux
He did not act in the spirit of Christmas. This Thursday, December 15, a 39-year-old man decided to saw off the tree installed near his home by the town hall of Lormont (Gironde), not far from Bordeaux. He would have shoutedGod is great » by cutting the tree, according to information from South West confirmed by a police source at Figaro.
Around 1 p.m., the 39-year-old man walked through the middle of this set of buildings on rue Georges Jérôme Duret, towards the Christmas tree, with tools showing his intention to cut it down. He then began to saw it, according to the testimonies of local residents who quickly alerted the police.
Once arrested, he was placed in police custody and must be the subject of a psychiatric expertise.
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