Tuesday, October 19 in the evening, the deputy La République En Marche (LREM) Coralie Dubost and her companion were attacked by "
three or four
" individuals leaving a restaurant in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, according to information from CNEWS confirmed to
Figaro.
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The criminals first threw the parliamentarian to the ground in order to steal her handbag.
The latter then attacked the deputy's companion, strangling him while snatching his Rolex watch and his wallet, specifies CNEWS.
Contacted by
Le Figaro
, the Paris prosecutor's office indicated that an investigation, entrusted to the 3rd district of the judicial police (DPJ), was opened for "theft with violence".
