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Man Sparks Outrage After Lighting Cigarette on Eternal Flame of Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
ÎLE-DE-FRANCE, FRANCE, AUG 6 – French authorities revoked the residency of a Moroccan man who disrespected a war memorial by lighting a cigarette on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier's eternal flame, a punishable offense.
- In Paris, a 47-year-old Moroccan national lit a cigarette with the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier's flame on Tuesday morning beneath the Arc de Triomphe.
- Authorities flagged the act under statutes guarding monuments erected for the fallen, accusing him of violating a burial site at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier beneath the Arc de Triomphe.
- Authorities identified HamdiH., 47-year-old Moroccan national, as the suspect who scaled the chain barrier and lit a cigarette at the memorial flame, with 21 prior convictions.
- France's Interior Ministry stripped HamdiH., a 47-year-old Moroccan national, of his French residence permit, and he will be deported from Paris after violating laws at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
- While incidents at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier are rare, a Mexican tourist doused the flame during the 1998 France World Cup, and President Macron relit it on May 8, 2025.
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A man was filmed on Monday night lighting a cigarette with the help of the flame of the Unknown Soldier, under the Arc de Triomphe. On Tuesday, he will finally be tried this Friday in an immediate appearance, for violation of burial. He is entitled to a residence permit which the Ministry of the Interior intends to withdraw from him, according to our information. - The man who had lit a cigarette with the flame of the Unknown Soldier will be jud…
He is already known to the police and judicial services - He admitted his act
Moroccan Migrant Arrested and Stripped of French Residence Permit After Lighting a Cigarette at the Unknown Soldier War Memorial
As Europe reaps the fruits of its suicidal immigration policies, the illegal invaders, posing as ‘asylum seekers’, are getting emboldened to openly flaunt their contempt for the countries that welcomed them.
France to deport Moroccan man for lighting cigarette at memorial
For the French political left, the government's decision to revoke the residency of a Moroccan man for lighting a cigarette from the eternal flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is less about patriotism and more about racism. The controversy erupted after a video surfaced showing Hamdi Hakim, a 47-year-old homeless Moroccan man, crouching by the eternal flame beneath the Arc de Triomphe on 4 August, and lighting a cigarette before calmly wal…
After a Moroccan lit a cigarette at the tomb of the unknown soldier under the triumphal arch in Paris, he is now to be deprived of his residence permit.
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