On February 14, eight people, including two children, were killed in an explosion and fire in Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque. On Thursday April 7, three people were arrested by the investigating gendarmerie.
The investigation into the tragic fire and explosion on February 14 in Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque points to a criminal background. At the very least, three people were arrested in the Eastern Pyrenees and in Montpellier and taken into police custody at around 10 am on Thursday April 7, as confirmed by the public prosecutor of Perpignan, Jean-David Cavaillé.
Among the suspects is a 43-year-old shopkeeper of Tunisian origin living on the street where the tragedy occurred. He could be the manager of the grocery shop that was destroyed that evening. Two other men of Algerian nationality, believed to be in the country illegally and aged 27 and 28, were also arrested.(…) L’Indépendant