The men who planted fake "coffins" near the Eiffel Tower in Paris yesterday were linked to a man suspected of being part of a group that had previously vandalized a memorial to the Righteous Among the Nations in Paris.

This is stated in a report from the Paris Region Security Directorate, which was reviewed by Le Monde.

The contents of the phone of one of the suspects and statements made by three of the detainees made it possible to establish that they had contact with a person suspected of participating in another possible intervention operation: the damage to the Wall of the Righteous at the Shoah Memorial in Paris, the publication says.

It is noted that this 34-year-old Bulgarian citizen, suspected of vandalism at the Memorial, has not yet been arrested.

The driver of the van, who was arrested near the Eiffel Tower, and two men who were later detained at the bus station are under investigation in the “coffin” case. One of them is 16 years old, he is a Ukrainian citizen, the other is a German, he is 25 years old. They admitted that they were paid 400 euros.

The investigation is focusing on the theory of a destabilization operation coordinated from abroad, and there is evidence pointing to Russia. In particular, several days after the discovery of red handprints on the memorial, corresponding photographs were published on the social network X by accounts belonging to the Russian disinformation network “Dvonik”. Photos of the damage were also distributed by the network of fake accounts Doppelganger.

The article notes that the main version of the investigation into this case points to an operation led by the Russian FSB intelligence service.


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