Overview

• The suspect broke into Sainte-Marthe-des-Quatre-Chemins in Pantin and Saint-Yves in La Courneuve, smashing statues, overturning benches and tearing artworks.
• He threatened officers with “Approchez-vous, je vous tue!” before charging BAC patrols and was subdued without injuries to worshippers or police.
• About 25 worshippers were calmly evacuated from Saint-Yves during a mass and no one was harmed in either incident.
• Authorities describe the man as a crack user exhibiting incoherent behavior consistent with withdrawal and he is held in garde à vue by the La Courneuve commissariat.
• The attacks follow a 13% rise in anti-Christian incidents since January and underscore ongoing security challenges linked to open-air drug use in northeastern Paris suburbs.