2023-06-05 21:13:54
The two men, aged 18 and 25, suspected of having molested Edouard Babel, the mayor of Magnières (Meurthe-et-Moselle) on the night of Saturday to Sunday, are being prosecuted, among other things, for aggravated violence and threats of dead.
“A judicial investigation has been opened with an investigating judge, on the counts of aggravated violence, death threats and contempt of a person holding public authority”, announced François Capin-Dulhoste, the prosecutor of Nancy, in a press release, Monday, June 5. The prosecution will request judicial control measures against the two men, with “prohibitions of contact between co-authors, with the victims” et “ban on appearing in Magnières”added Mr. Capin-Dulhoste.
The mayor of this small town of about 300 inhabitants, 50 kilometers south-east of Nancy, was violently attacked on the night of Saturday to Sunday when he went to the village hall to ask for the calm to people gathered to celebrate a birthday.
“Around 2:30 a.m., an argument broke out causing nocturnal uproar. The mayor of the town, accompanied by two couples of friends, went there to calm the situation.said the prosecutor of Nancy. “At the scene, an individual slapped the mayor, who left the village hall and was chased by a group of seven to eight individuals who knocked him to the ground and then beat him. »
The assault earned the mayor a “total incapacity for work for a day”, according to the prosecutor. One of his friends who tried to intervene was also hit, which caused him a two-day ITT.
Marks of support for the mayor
Mr. Babel, who does not intend to leave office, received marks of support following the attack. “To attack a mayor is to attack the foundations of what unites us, the Republic. This violence demands a criminal response.”had notably estimated the prefect of Meurthe-et-Moselle, Arnaud Cochet.
The attack on the mayor of Magnières comes a few weeks after the resignation of the mayor of Saint-Brevin-les-Pins (Loire Atlantique). He had decided to leave his post after being subjected to threats and violence. Saturday, a mayor of Tarn-et-Garonne announced that he was placed under police protection following threats following the broadcast of a video by an influencer denouncing his management of a neighborhood conflict.
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