Eric Zemmour would have been injured in the wrist on Sunday at his meeting in Villepinte (Seine-Saint-Denis) when an individual grabbed him just before he went on stage to deliver his speech, and was prescribed by a 9-day ITT doctor, AFP learned from his team.
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A complaint is planned, added Antoine Diers, spokesperson for the new "
Reconquest
"
party
of Eric Zemmour, welcoming the "
courage
" of the presidential candidate, who held his first campaign meeting, marked by tensions and violence. An ITT (total incapacity for work) greater than 8 days can be worth, in the event of a conviction by the justice, a penalty of up to 3 years of imprisonment and a 45,000 euros fine, according to the Ministry of the Interior.
After a series of supportive speeches at the podium, Eric Zemmour arrived in the room around 5.30 p.m.
In the middle of a cheering crowd, an individual grabbed him.
"
The aggressor
" was immediately exfiltrated, according to Eric Zemmour's team.
Then arrested by the police.