2023-07-02 14:12:23
A municipal policeman stands in front of the damaged house of Hay-les-Roses mayor Vincent Jeanbrun, after rioters drove a vehicle into the building, injuring the mayor’s wife and one of his children during the night, in Hay-les-Roses, July 2, 2023. NASSIM GOMRI / AFP
That the fifth night of riots from Saturday July 1 to Sunday July 2 was calmer than the previous ones in the country, following the death of Nahel M., only highlights the violence of the attack suffered by the mayor Les Républicains (LR), Vincent Jeanbrun, of L’Haÿ-les-Roses (Val-de-Marne), at his home. Around 1:30 a.m., while the elected official was sleeping at the town hall, a ram car was launched against his home and then a fire started.
“The vehicle was launched to burn the flag”, said the public prosecutor, in the morning of Sunday. An investigation has been opened by the Créteil prosecutor’s office for attempted murder. The mayor’s wife and two children aged 5 and 7 were in the house.
Hearing a noise and seeing flames, the woman and the two children fled through the garden at the back of the pavilion, according to the prosecutor. In her race to shelter the children, the wife “injured her tibia, it’s a pretty serious injury since it would be broken”, said Stéphane Hardouin. She was hospitalized, according to the mayor’s entourage.
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“Last night, a milestone was reached in horror and ignominy”wrote on Twitter the mayor of this city of more than 32,000 inhabitants, located five kilometers from Paris. “It is an assassination attempt of unspeakable cowardice”he continues, asserting “a determination to protect and serve the Republic greater than ever”. “I will not back down”he concludes.
Extremely serious facts
As soon as the fire in L’Haÿ-les-Roses became known, the excitement was strong. “The Prime Minister condemns these intolerable facts”indicated Matignon on Sunday morning, specifying that “The culprits will be prosecuted with the greatest firmness”. Elisabeth Borne as well as the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin went to the scene, the tenant of Matignon wishing ” express its support and reaffirm its determination to put an end to this unacceptable violence”.
Vincent Jeanbrun had just been appointed spokesperson for LR. The president of the party, Eric Ciotti, immediately went there to see the damage and support the elected official. He denounced “facts of extreme gravity which must lead their authors to the court of assizes”. Elected officials from all sides reacted quickly, from Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of La France insoumise, to Jordan Bardella, president of the National Rally, via ecologists such as the deputy for Paris Sandrine Rousseau to denounce facts of a “extreme gravity”.
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