Three men were arrested on Wednesday for the attack at the end of December in the street of a deputy mayor of Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis), which had caused a stir, a close source told AFP on Friday folder.
On the evening of December 20, the 6th deputy to socialist mayor Mathieu Hanotin, Oriane Filhol, was leaving a work meeting and returning home when she felt herself being followed in the street by several men.
Caught, the person in charge of solidarity and women's rights issues for the municipality was subjected to a brush before being kicked in the head and body.
His attackers fled.
Two are 18 years old
As part of the investigation carried out by territorial security, three men, two of whom are aged 18, were arrested this week, reported a source close to the case.
The suspects appear to have deliberately targeted the elected official.
Those arrested will be presented this Friday to the Bobigny court, either as part of the opening of a judicial investigation or in immediate appearance.
Violence against elected officials on the rise
This attack aroused indignation in the political world, against a backdrop of a national upsurge in violence against elected officials.
For Stéphane Troussel, the president of the departmental council, “this unbearable violence must not go unpunished”.
300 people gathered in Saint-Denis on December 22 to support the young elected official.
Violence against elected officials is a sensitive subject, which has gained momentum in recent months in the country.
According to the Ministry of the Interior, attacks against elected officials are expected to increase by 15% in 2023, after an increase of 32% the previous year (2,265 complaints and reports).
At the beginning of January 2023, a law allowed associations of elected officials, the National Assembly or the Senate to become civil parties.