2023-12-21 12:22:22
“We express our solidarity to the attention of our colleague as well as strong emotion,” reacted the city of Saint-Denis after the attack on Wednesday evening by Oriane Filhol (Génération. s). The deputy mayor Mathieu Hanotin (PS) in charge of solidarity, access to rights, women’s rights and the fight against discrimination was savagely beaten on Wednesday evening shortly after 9:30 p.m. while she was on rue Pinel in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis).
According to our initial information, the elected official was “swept away” by an individual when she was in the airlock of a building and then was “hit violently in the face and body with punches”, indicates a police source. There were two attackers. She was able to take refuge with an acquaintance a few streets away. She filed a complaint immediately.
The reasons for this attack are still unknown. Was she targeted in her capacity as an elected official? In France, attacks on elected officials increased by 32% in 2022.
In a press release, the City of Saint-Denis favors this route. “The exact reasons seem to be closely linked to her commitment as an elected official. Yesterday evening (Editor’s note: Wednesday) after a meeting while she was on her way home, an elected official from the municipal majority was followed and violently attacked. The commitment of the elected representatives of Saint-Denis to carry out their mandate is total. Nothing will change their determination. The perpetrators of this cowardly attack must be apprehended as quickly as possible and punished by the courts. »
Also a departmental councilor, Oriane Filhol had just before her attack relayed on the Department is a republican shield against national preference.” The investigation was entrusted to territorial security due to its sensitive nature.
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