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OLY Paris Eiffel Tower Incident
Three men are under investigation in France on suspicion of committing “psychological violence,” prosecutors said on Monday.
The three allegedly placed five coffins at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, a Paris landmark that will feature prominently in the upcoming Olympic Games in the summer.
According to officials at the Paris prosecutor’s office, the three men — citizens of Bulgaria, Germany and Ukraine — placed the coffins, covered with a French flag that included an inscription of “French soldiers of Ukraine,” near the Eiffel Tower on Saturday,
On Monday, the three men were questioned by an investigative judge. The prosecutor’s office is demanding that they be are charged with “premeditated violence”. The offence would carry a three-year sentence and a 45,000 euro fine, the officials told The Associated Press.
Placing coffins at the foot of the Paris landmark that millions of tourists visit every year, “is considered an act of psychological violence,” they said. It caused employees of the landmark and others “an inability to work,” the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of a pending investigation.
