A New Jersey man has been arrested after entering St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City with two cans of gasoline.
Police say the 37-year-old man was stopped by security after he entered the landmark cathedral in Manhattan just before 8 p.m. Wednesday.
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As the man was turned, police say gasoline spilled out onto the floor. Security then notified nearby police who questioned the man outside the church and took him into custody.
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Police say the man was carrying over four gallons of gas, two bottles of lighter fluid and two butane lighters.
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Police are still talking to the man, who claimed his minivan had run out of gas.
The incident comes just days after flames ravaged the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris.
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