NYPD: Man with gas cans tried to enter St. Patrick’s church
Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 03:17:47 +0000
NEW YORK, United States — Days after flames ravaged the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, church personnel stopped a man carrying jugs of gasoline from entering the St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City.
Police say the 37-year-old man was accosted while entering the landmark cathedral in Manhattan at about 9 p.m. Wednesday. Authorities were investigating whether the unidentified man is emotionally disturbed.
There is currently a heavy police presence outside the cathedral on Fifth Avenue.
St. Patrick’s Cathedral, which was built in 1878, has installed a sprinkler-like system during recent renovations and its wooden roof is coated with fire retardant. /cbb
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