Published 06:00 IST, November 2nd 2019
Man holed up at museum in France, leaves hostile messages in Arabic
According to reports issued by the police department, one was recently holed up at a museum in southern France on Wednesday, refuses to communicate with police.
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According to reports issued by the police department, a man was recently holed up at a museum in southern France on October 24, near the place where threatening messages in Arabic were written on the building's walls.
Man held refuses to communicate with police
The reports revealed that the officers circled up around the archaeology museum in the Mediterranean town of Saint-Raphael, where the man, possibly with an accomplice, broke in overnight and refused to communicate with police. The sources said that one of the horrifying messages read that the entire museum will become a hell.
However, the reports failed to reveal whether the man was armed or if other people were in the building. In a Twitter message, the French police warned people to avoid the area in the historic centre of the resort town tucked between Cannes and Saint-Tropez.
Jean-Yves Le Drian discusses to put jihadists on trial
According to reports, an employee at the Duplex restaurant opposite the museum informed a local news agency that the entire neighbourhood is shut down, and most of their employees have been ordered to stay at the restaurant. The museum, a historic monument, includes a medieval stone church and a vast collection of amphoras and other items from the region's Roman history.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will reportedly be discussing a judicial framework for putting jihadists on trial as he believes that Iraq needs an international court to judge the extremists. Along with France, other European countries including Britain, Belgium, German, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark have also been discussing to set up an international court in Iraq for putting Islamic State (IS) jihadists on trial.
All seven countries have reportedly also taken part in a technical mission to Baghdad to assess the situation and had learned from the Iraqi authorities about the daunting task they are facing in bringing Daesh to justice in rebuilding the society.
16:01 IST, November 2nd 2019