A man was taken into custody in New York Wednesday night after entering St. Patrick’s Cathedral carrying two canisters of gasoline, two bottles of lighter fluid and two butane lighters, authorities said. The 37-year-old man, whose identity will be released once he is formally charged, was stopped by a cathedral security officer, New York City Police said. Cathedral security notified two Critical Response Command (CRC) officers-- part of a "striker team"-- outside the cathedral. DISNEY DONATES $5M TO NOTRE DAME RECONSTRUCTION FOLLOWING FIREInvestigators said the man was cooperative but acted evasively and offered police inconsistent answers. The incident at St. Patrick's Cathedral occurred days after Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral was badly damaged in a fire.

Source: Fox News April 18, 2019 03:08 UTC