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A poster created by an ISIS affiliated propaganda wing shows the cathedral engulfed by flames with the words “have a good day” and describes the inferno as “retribution and punishment”. According to the Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium, the Al-Muntasir group created the poster, which reads: “Its construction began in the year 1163 and ended in 1345. It's time to say goodbye to your oratory polytheism.”

Notre Dame fire in pictures: Heartbreaking before and after photos

This is not the first time the Al-Munatsir media organisation has revelled in terror attacks that have rocked France over the years.

The Paris prosecutor’s office have ruled out terror-related motives for now and say they are treating the fire as an accident.

French President Emmanuel Macron said an international campaign would be launched to raise funds for the rebuilding of Notre-Dame Cathedral.

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