The man suspected of having flourished Jean-Luc Mélenchon at the start of the demonstration against the extreme right on Saturday in Paris was arrested for "
willful violence
" on the elected official and placed in police custody at the end of the day.
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This man, who had been the subject of an identity check shortly after the facts, was arrested in Issy-les-Moulineaux (Hauts-de-Seine) for "
voluntary violence without ITT (total incapacity for work) on person with public authority,
”said the police source.
The investigation was entrusted to the Paris Territorial Security.
Around 2 p.m., while responding to the press at Place de Clichy, LFI boss and presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon had received flour on his face.
The leader of La France insoumise denounced a "
cowardly
"
act
which "
could have been worse
" and referred to "
great tension
" and "
a threshold which was crossed
" a few days after the head of the 'State received a slap during a trip to the Drôme.
In front of journalists who filmed him after his gesture, the alleged perpetrator presented himself as a “
sovereignist
”.
"
I do not believe in the debate
", he added, saying to himself "
very angry
".
Asked about the violence of his gesture, he referred to "
a gesture of protest, as many people do
".
