Police arrest man with petrol cans in New York’s St Patrick Cathedral

A man has been arrested after walking in New York’s St. Patrick Cathedral carrying two full petrol cans, lighter fluids and lighters.

Guards confronted the 37 year-old as he entered the Manhattan church.

The incident occurred just two days after a fire gutted Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.

St. Patrick’s is the seat of New York’s Roman Catholic Archdiocese.