Legislative: the husband of an LR party candidate in Bas-Rhin violently attacked while he was sticking up posters
The husband of Audrey Rozenhaft, candidate invested by Les Républicains (LR) for the legislative elections in the 1re constituency of Bas-Rhin was violently attacked on the evening of Thursday June 2 while he was sticking up posters in a sensitive area of the city classified as a district of republican reconquest, Agence France-Presse (AFP) learned on Friday from the candidate. . A complaint has been lodged with the national police and an investigation is ongoing.
“Around 8 p.m. Thursday evening, my husband was in the process of sticking a poster on the official signs when two young people on scooters circled around him and then took the poster off”explained M.me Rozenhaft to AFP. Liron Rozenhaft then moved away to stick a new poster on another panel, before being followed by the two young men, quickly joined by a dozen individuals. This 41-year-old man then tried to explain to them that it was ” democracy “ and that he was putting up these posters for his wife. “They then beat him with their fists, called him a ‘fat guy’ and a ‘dirty Jew’. Then it was the black hole”explains M.me Rozenhaft, adding that her husband had spent a night under observation in the hospital and that he was suffering from a “cerebral effusion”.
A young activist from the LR party who accompanied Mr. Rozenhaft attended the scene in the background without being able to intervene. On Friday, the candidate shared photos of her husband’s swollen face on her Facebook account and posted a video of her in front of the Strasbourg court, where she recounts the attack and believes that “the laxity of the authorities is responsible for an explosion of delinquency and violence”. “I campaigned on the Hautepierre markets, I was never badly received, even if I know that it has deteriorated a lot”she added.
Among the indignant reactions of the local political class, the mayor of Strasbourg, Jeanne Barseghian (EELV), declared: “No violence is acceptable. This is particularly shocking since it aims to hamper democratic debate. » She assured, in a press release, the Rozenhaft couple of her “solidarity”hoping that the investigation will succeed ” as soon as possible “.
the 1re Bas-Rhin constituency, which covers the city center of Strasbourg and several outlying districts, is the most contested in the department, with 17 candidates, including the national number two of the Greens, Sandra Regol (invested by Nupes), and the former candidate for mayor, Alain Fontanel (invested by Ensemble!, the presidential majority).