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Man under investigation for cathedral fire now suspected of killing French priest
NBC ^ | August 9, 2021

Posted on 08/09/2021 4:36:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin

A Rwandan immigrant walked into French police station on Monday and said he had murdered the Catholic priest giving him shelter while he awaited possible trial over a fire at a cathedral last year...

"So in France you can be an illegal immigrant, torch Nantes cathedral, never be expelled and reoffend by murdering a priest. What's happening in our country is unprecedented: the total failure of the state," Marine Le Pen

France's immigration authorities handed the Rwandan national an expulsion order in 2019, but he remained in the country.

Senator Bruno Retailleau, who represents the Vendee region, identified the victim as Olivier Maire, 60, head of the Montfortain Missionary Order at Saint-Laurent-sur-Sevre.

In an act of compassion, the victim had offered his suspected killer shelter after the Rwandan was released on bail while under formal investigation.

"What was this man still doing in France?" the senator aske

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1 posted on 08/09/2021 4:36:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
A wall should be built around Rwanda. No gates. No ingress. No egress. Nothing good comes out of Rwanda.

2 posted on 08/09/2021 4:49:32 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ("Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration." — Thomas Edison)
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To: BenLurkin
"So in France you can be an illegal immigrant, torch Nantes cathedral, never be expelled and reoffend by murdering a priest. What's happening in our country is unprecedented: the total failure of the state," Marine Le Pen

Oh, I don't know. Things like that happen all the time around here.

3 posted on 08/09/2021 4:50:52 PM PDT by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: BenLurkin

I spent some time in Rwanda with the UN , there’s nothing there


4 posted on 08/09/2021 4:51:40 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: BenLurkin

Where was this guy during the Notre Dame fire, that was deemed not arson in 2019 while it was still ablaze.


5 posted on 08/09/2021 4:52:01 PM PDT by fruser1
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To: fruser1

“Mon Dieu! I smell smoke! What’s going on??”
“Je ne sais quoi! But it’s definitely not arson! And no crazy Muslims are involved, I can tell you that!”


6 posted on 08/09/2021 5:08:41 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (We have two Democrat parties. 50% of the US population has no political representation.)
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To: BenLurkin

Is the cause of the Notre Dame fire still “Unknown?”


7 posted on 08/09/2021 6:22:52 PM PDT by zeestephen
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Not really....

“By 15 April 2020, investigators believed “the fire to have been started by either a cigarette or a short circuit in the electrical system”.[115]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame_de_Paris_fire#Investigation


8 posted on 08/09/2021 6:42:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: zeestephen

Not really known, I should say.


9 posted on 08/09/2021 6:46:21 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: seowulf

Liberals and women voters.


10 posted on 08/09/2021 7:07:53 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: Organic Panic

“But Macron is sooooo dreamy.”


11 posted on 08/09/2021 7:10:17 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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