Summer Sunday in Strasbourg with nice temperatures and… a big heatwave. A man was arrested and taken into police custody on Sunday after trying to enter, in possession of a weapon, a sports village located in the city center of the Alsatian capital, we learned from a source on Monday close to the investigation.
This 50-year-old man wanted to enter a playground set up by the French Handball Federation, but when he presented his bag to a security agent, the latter noticed that he was in possession of a rifle and ‘a silencer, according to the newspaper The Latest News from Alsace.
The suspect would be “out of medication”, said the source close to the investigation, without further details at this stage. He was still in custody Monday morning, she said.