Amazement this Saturday morning for many Muslims in Rambouillet. Around 1 a.m., on the night of Friday September 2 to Saturday September 3, the mosque was burnt down ; despite the intervention of the firefighters, nothing remains except the metal structures of the tent which had been temporarily installed since 2009. “The damage is only material” specifies the Facebook page of the mosque.
The criminal track envisaged
Following this fire, an investigation was opened, entrusted to the judicial police of Versailles. According to a source close to the investigation, who confided in France Info, the criminal track is envisaged: witnesses claim to have seen two men fleeing on a motorcycle at the time of the fire. Another witness evokes a person carrying a jerrycan. According to AFP, no suspect has yet been arrested.
The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, also in charge of Worship, testified to his “solidarity with the Muslims of Rambouillet” on his Twitter account. He also spoke with the mayor of the city Véronique Matillon, the deputy of Yvelines Aurore Bergé and the senator of Yvelines Gérard Larcher.