French prosecutor Francois Molins toldCNN-affiliate BFM on Monday that the boy’s father had gone out shopping, leaving the child alone in the apartment.
“He took a long time to return home because he had decided to play the smartphone game Pokémon Go when he left the store,” Molins told BFM, according to ABC News.
According to ABC, Molins added, “He is devastated because he realizes what he did, and the tragic consequences that it could have led to.”
The father, who has not been named,was detained overnight for alleged parental neglectand is set to appear in court in September, Molins told BFM, according to the Associated Press.
In a viral video documenting theincredible rescuefrom Saturday, Mamoudou Gassama, a 22-year-old migrant from Mali, can be seen quickly climbing up the front of the building, reaching the child within seconds.
“He explained to me that he had arrived from Mali a few months agodreaming of building his life here,” she added, according to CNN. “I told him that his heroic act is an example to all citizens and that the city of Paris will obviously be very keen to support him in his efforts to settle in France.”
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On Monday, Gassama met with French President Emmanuel Macron, who informed him that he would soon begranted French citizenship, the leaderwrote in a Facebook post.
Describing what led him to save the child, Gassama reportedly told Macron that he “didn’t think about it,” the outlet reported.
“I climbed up and God helped me,” he added, according to CNN.
source: people.com
