An elected Macronist from La Manche was threatened with death and two of his vehicles set on fire on the night of Monday 6 to Tuesday 7 December while a tag "
Zemour (sic) president
" was painted on the wall of his house, he said. learned AFP from the mayor of the town.
"
The mayor support (sic) Macron
" and "
to death
" were also inscribed on the walls of Bernard Denis, 65 years old, mayor delegate Modem of Saint-Côme-du-Mont, municipality attached to Carentan-les-Marais (Manche ).
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"
His three vehicles which were parked in a garage adjoining his house were set
on
fire
" and on "
the wall of his property, there were infamous tags
," Jean-Pierre Lhonneur, DVD mayor of Carentan told AFP -les-Marais, who went there. One of the vehicles, belonging to the daughter of the chosen one, “
could be partly saved. The other two are unusable,
”said Mr. Lhonneur, denouncing this aggression. According to the firefighters, no injuries are to be deplored.
“
Around 1:30 am I heard a big boom (...) I saw light outside (...) It was not light.
It was very red, it was fire, in my garage which is an open garage
, ”Bernard Denis told La Presse de la Manche.
The chosen one then got into his daughter's car "
to put her to safety
", without seeing that she was burned on the back, he explained.
“
Maybe I took risks because it was a gas car,
” he added.
"It's very, very serious"
Bernard Denis, who is the subject of threats for the first time, says he also noticed, after filing a complaint, thefts on the site where he is building a second house. "
If it's really because of my political position, it's very, very serious,
" he said. “
Monday the 29th we had a meeting in Saint-Côme-du-Mont to create the support committee for Emmanuel Macron. We were about twenty. And there were articles where my name came out,
”explained Bernard Denis.
The prosecution confirmed the tags and the fact that "
two vehicles belonging to the mayor of Saint-Côme-du-Mont were set on fire
". "
An investigation of flagrance was opened of the counts of deliberate destruction by dangerous means
", indicated the public prosecutor of Coutances, Cyril Lacombe. In a tweet, the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin gave “
all his support
” to Bernard Denis, as well as the Modem. Many Norman elected officials also denounced this new assault on elected officials.
The prefect of Manche Frédéric Périssat, for his part, denounced "
unacceptable actions
".
"
Such behavior contrary to the values of our democracy and the Republic will be combated with the greatest firmness
", he declared in a press release.
