People suspected of having attempted to damage cultural property on Sunday morning at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris will be presented to a judge on Tuesday, the Paris prosecutor’s office told AFP on Monday. They are accused of “participation in a group preparing damage” and the “refusal of biological sampling by suspected person”detailed the public prosecutor.
The two people, already known for facts “traffic obstructions”were arrested on Sunday around 11:30 a.m. in front of the Musée d’Orsay in Paris and placed in police custody in a preliminary investigation opened for “attempted destruction of cultural property during a meeting”had specified the prosecution.
“Food response”
Both were “in possession of a white liquid – glue and a viscous whitish mixture – and were wearing flocked “Food Response” T-shirts on them”an environmental movement, a Source close to the matter told AFP. “At this stage, the alleged membership of the “Food Response” movement is not confirmed”, however, the public prosecutor’s office qualified on Sunday. The Food Response movement (formerly Last Renovation) had made headlines in recent months by spraying the window in front with soup. The Mona Lisa in January, then the painting by Claude Monet, Springin February at the Museum of Fine Arts in Lyon.
