The ceremony ended in blood sausage.
Saturday, September 25 in Méry-sur-Oise, not far from Pontoise, the celebration of a marriage turned into a fight with the military.
According to the police, who confirmed to the
BBC
a Actu17 information, guests are violently attacked the gendarmes came streamline traffic on the avenue Marcel Perrin, highly annoyed by the procession.
Read also Does marriage still promote social advancement?
In total, four gendarmes were "
slightly injured
" and many law enforcement vehicles were damaged, a gendarmerie officer told us.
According to our information, an investigation was opened by the public prosecutor of Pontoise in order to find the perpetrators of this violence.
Three gendarmes surrounded by 70 "hostile" people
The gendarmes were warned by Mérysiens who saw red. At the end of the Saturday afternoon, a hundred flowered vehicles disembarked in front of the castle of Méry-sur-Oise, which is the pride of the town. The Mérysiens initially believed that the procession had momentarily stopped to admire the residence where Henri IV stayed, and where Omar Sy shot a scene for the film "Chocolate". But now, an hour later, the procession was still there and many people in suits were not only completely blocking traffic in this small town of 9,000 inhabitants, but also access to the A16 motorway.
Three gendarmes then intervened, asking the guests to move their vehicles.
"As the participants did not behave in an exemplary manner, the Méry gendarmes tried to discuss with them, so that they respect the parking rules and in order to avoid blocking the arteries,
"
an officer
explains to
Le Figaro
. But the guests do not hear it that way: they explain that they have made about thirty kilometers from Méru to arrive in Méry, that they are in the middle of a photoshoot, and that it is therefore out of the question for them. to move. The gendarmes insist. Tone up. The first insults and threats are raining down.
"
The crowd, initially very excited, became threatening
", tells us an officer.
In a few minutes, the gendarmes found themselves "
surrounded by about 70 hostile people
".
Some do not hesitate to physically attack the representatives of the order.
Worried, they decide to throw a few tear gas canisters in order to be able to withdraw into their vehicles and call for reinforcements.
The guests then grab "
metal chairs and coffee tables
" which they use as a projectile.
Read also3000 physical attacks by gendarmes in 2015
But while about sixty gendarmes arrive urgently on the spot, the spoilers take fright and "the
whole convoy is dispersed in nature
", we are told.
Appraisal: four soldiers wounded and six cars damaged by the metal chairs.
An investigation was opened on Monday, September 27 to try to identify the organizers of the wedding, the participants and the members who attacked the soldiers.
Most of them have filed a complaint, according to a source familiar with the matter.
The perpetrators of the aggression risk a conviction for “traffic safety offense” but also for “assault with weapons against gendarmes”.
No injuries on the side of the wedding participants were reported.