They arrested a man in New York Cathedral with naphtha drums

A man was arrested Wednesday night after entering New York Cathedral with two naphtha drums, a liquid to light roasts and a magic shot, according to the police. The incident occurred two days after the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral.

John Miller, chief of the New York Police Department (NYPD), said the person arrested – identified by Marc Lamparello, 37, for the New York Post– claimed to have taken a shortcut through the cathedralafter his vehicle ran out of fuel, although his answers were "Inconsistent and evasive".

"We do not know what is his mental state and his motivation," Miller said at a press conference in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Gothic structure in the heart of Manhattan whose construction was completed in 1878.

A security officer interrogated the man, who asked him where he was heading and informed him that he could not enter the cathedral with these objects, police said.

"At that time, apparently spilled gasoline On the floor when (the man) was turning around, "Miller said, the guard alerted NYPD anti-terrorist bureau officers who were parked at the door and arrested him.

"He said he was crossing the cathedral … that his vehicle was running out of gas," Miller explained. "We looked at his vehicle, there was no lack of fuel and we stopped him," he said.

Lamparello was "known to the police", who are investigating his antecedents.

On Monday, a fire seriously damaged the Gothic cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris, one of the most visited monuments in the world. The church was under construction and researchers favor the trace of an accident.