Man held over Eiffel Tower coffins tied to Holocaust memorial graffiti • FRANCE 24 English
here in France investigators say they believe that Russia was behind a stunt near the Eiffel Tower during the weekend police have arrested three people after five coffins were left near to the Eiffel Tower draped in French flags investigators believe this stunt is connected with a propaganda campaign to affect public opinion and this stunt is also likely to be connected to at least two other recent incidents here in Paris well for more on this I’m joined by France 24s at Monty Francis from The Newsroom Monty welcome to the program um first of all what more do we know about this incident at the Eiffel to well so Tom this happened at about 9:00 on Saturday morning essentially these five coffins just showed up on the sidewalk in front of the Eiffel Tower they were covered in the French flag and also an inscription written in French that said French soldiers in Ukraine inside there were just harmless sacks of plaster now those coffins had been unloaded from a van and police arrested three suspects they arrested the driver immediately there at the scene he told them he had been paid €40 to to transport the coffins the two other suspects were later located at a bus station in central Paris and they were apparently planning to board a bus for Berlin they told investigators they had been paid €400 EUR to place the coffins there uh French media is reporting that the driver is from Bulgaria the other two men are from Ukraine and Germany and investigators say these men have ties to Russia so what would be the motivation here why would Russia want to do something like this remember MOS has been quite upset with French president Emanuel Macon who has failed to rule out sending troops to Ukraine also holding discussions to send French instructors to Ukraine to train Ukrainian soldiers and Russia as you might expect has dismissed these accusations as untrue okay I mean Russia thought to be linked to at least two other incidents as I was saying a moment ago I mean this is all part of an attempt to manipulate public opinion it seems that’s right let me just go through these other two incidents for you most recently there was an incident of graffiti at the Holocaust Memorial here in Paris someone vandalized the memorial with red handprints in red paint on a wall that listed the names of people who had helped Jews escape the Nazis in World War II now that symbol that red handprint uh refers uh for many Jews refers to something that happened in 2000 involving the death of two Israeli reservists and it’s recognized by some in the Jewish Community as sort of a celebration of the death of Jews so for this graffiti three suspects were detained and questioned they were all said to be from Bulgaria also with ties to Russia now since that investigation is open they have disappeared they have apparently fled France and their whereabouts are unknown another incident happened back in October just after the attack by Hamas in Israel when stars of David began appearing in a neighborhood uh here in Paris to apparently show where Jewish people live that of course hearkens back to World War II a movan couple was arrested for that graffiti and once again French investigators are saying that that these folks were paid by Russian intelligence okay so for someone watching who saying why would Russia do this why is it in their interest I mean the answer seems to be to sort of sew a sense of confusion and Chaos in in our societies that’s right we’ve seen this time and time again whether we’re talking about Russia Russia interfering in US elections to spread disinformation or elections here in Europe and we’re even see it in the runup to the Olympic Summer Games here in Paris you know Russia has been barred from competing in the games under the Russian flag and Moscow is is really quite upset about this uh Russia’s believ to be behind a fake onehour documentary that’s been circulating on social media stoking fears about a possible terror attack at the games the documentary looks looks quite authentic it uses the Netflix logo the narrator’s vo is generated by by AI at sounds very much like the actor Tom Cruz so the the bigger picture here is that these incidents really do as you say they fit into this modus appari of of Russian propaganda to seow chaos and disinformation in the west and in Western democracies okay well thank you very much indeed for that Monte Francis from The Newsroom thank you very much indeed Welcome North Kore
French investigators say they believe that Russia was behind a stunt near the Eiffel Tower over the weekend. Police have arrested three people after five coffins were left near the Eiffel Tower draped in French flags. Investigators believe the stunt is connected to a propaganda campaign to affect public opinion and that the stunt is likely to be connected to at least two other recent incidents in Paris. Monte Francis reports
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24 comments
I might've not connected it to Russia propaganda, just thought it was a memorial to dead French volunteers.
Hahahah DW so desperate 😭😭😭😭
When blaming pro-hamas terror supporters doesn't fit your narrative, blame Russia. Though in fairness are they really that ideologically different? Lie and use atrocity to achieve your aims.
Pathetic ploys by a pathetic state which only knows how to bully and coerce other nations.
russia's getting ready for Trumps election win & letting the west know it will be no holds barred once Biden's gone. look at the bigger picture folks.
40 euros to do this? People are really desperate for money.
"A just world is possible but not with America".Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
It's just the us Israel propaganda to want NATO to strike Russia
French fries prediction😂
Yes the propaganda by the US Israel to force NATO to strike Russia and NATO involved
Investigation shouldn't rule out environmental aerosol paint artificial intelligence artworks
One of the guys is tied to Ukraine but that's not an issue.
Tom Cruise can sue the papagada, at least don't mess with Ethan
Do not send weapons, stop the war! We dont want 3 ww, we want peace
this is a joke, no, its not a joke, its the future of the french, who might have thoughts to go to ukraine…..
The French people are upset with their president, he is a lousy leader.
what you just tried to present makes no sense, who ever wrote the script for this piece of news needs the upstairs check out by the doctor
Russia as everything to do with everything going on in the world today
Russia this Russia that.,.The pettiest of internal matters are blamed on Russia. What about the recent riots?? Get a grip.
Least we forget.
Irminsul – Verden
Russia did not pay anything. They're not anti-Israel. It's Hamas solely.
Maldova just sides with Russia by virtue of being anti-Western. It doesn't mean they like Russia. This news report is inaccurate.
Why did France send its citizens there? Who is to blame for the fact that they were sent there?
You could just not go where you don't need to be.. that's all. This is a conflict between Russia and Ukraine, not Russia and France.. Moreover, Russia has always been friends with France, there are monuments to French leaders in Russia, they listen to French songs and love French culture.. Why ruin all this and then write that Russia has done something… you shouldn't have gone there, that's all.
Yeah and the nord strem was the Russian propaganda too