The boy was summoned by the gendarmerie on Thursday August 18. He admitted the facts to the police.
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A 12-year-old boy admitted to having lit two fires in Morbihan between August 10 and 17, the Vannes prosecutor’s office announced on Friday August 19, confirming information from France Bleu Armorique.
During this period, when a major fire devastated in three days in the department more than 400 hectares of the forest of Brocéliande, “five departures of vegetation fires broke out in the town of Saint-Malo-de-Beignon during the day or in the evening, all quickly extinguished by the inhabitants of the town and having caused only minimal damage”specifies the statement of the parquet floor.
Saint-Malo-de-Beignon, 500 inhabitants, is located about twelve kilometers from Campénéac, the town where the Brocéliande fire broke out on the night of August 11 to 12.
“The investigations made it possible to identify a 12-year-old minor, unknown to the gendarmerie and justice services”, the statement continues. “Heard freely about these facts” Thursday, “He admitted having lit two of these fires, near his home, without being able to explain the reasons for his action”.
“Given his age and the absence of a history, he was given a summons at short notice to carry out a criminal reparation measure before a prosecutor’s delegate, in accordance with the provisions of the code of criminal justice for minors”, add parquet.