The devastating fire in a residential building in the greater Lyon area continues to occupy France with full force. Just over two weeks after the inferno in Décines-Charpieu, the judiciary has now charged three young suspects aged between 16 and 18 years old. Investigators are now clearly assuming intentional arson — and the case has all the signs of an escalated social conflict linked to drug trafficking. The fire broke out on May 11 in the Le Prainet neighborhood, a densely populated residential area in the east of the million-inhabitant ...
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