Rambouillet attack: Emmanuel Macron at the bedside of the victim's family

A discreet visit.

Emmanuel Macron went this Saturday to Thoiry (Yvelines), in the bakery of the husband of the police officer who died the day before a knife attack in Rambouillet, to support his family "very upset and very worthy, ”said the Elysee.

He had previously met, in the morning, with the divisional commissioner of Rambouillet to express to him “all his support as well as to fellow police officers”, specified the presidency to AFP.

Before going to see the family of the victim, the President of the Republic had paid tribute to him on his Twitter account on Friday.

In particular, he promised not to "give in" in the face of terrorism.

She was a police officer.

Stéphanie was killed in her police station in Rambouillet, on the already damaged lands of Yvelines.

The Nation is at the side of his family, his colleagues and the police.

In the fight against Islamist terrorism, we will not give up.

- Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) April 23, 2021

A meeting on the subject took place this Saturday afternoon with the services and ministers concerned (Interior, Justice, Armies) around Prime Minister Jean Castex, who cut short his visit to Occitania.

Representatives of the intelligence services, the national anti-terrorism prosecutor Jean-François Ricard, the national intelligence coordinator Laurent Nunez, and the government spokesman Gabriel Attal were also present.

Jean Castex went this Saturday morning "to the Toulouse police station to reaffirm the complete determination of the State" in the face of the terrorist threat, according to Matignon.

Mother of two children

On Friday, while returning from her lunch break, Stéphanie M., administrative officer, was attacked by an individual who stabbed her in the throat.

The assailant was shot dead by a police officer.

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The victim had been an employee of the Rambouillet police station for 28 years. She was the mother of two children aged 13 and 18. Quickly, the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, and the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, went there, as did Valérie Pécresse, president of the Ile-de-France region. “The Rambouillet police station is very hard hit by these facts, and I would like to pay tribute to the police officers who immediately neutralized the perpetrator. I want to repeat to the French that our determination to fight terrorism in all its forms is intact, ”Jean Castex explained in front of the cameras.