An investigation has been underway in Deux-Sèvres since the attack on November 18 of an "anti-bassine" activist, Valentin Gendet, who filed a complaint Thursday, November 24 with the gendarmerie of Melle, the prosecutor told AFP. by Niort Julien Wattebled.
According to a press release from the collective "
Bassines non merci
", of which he is a member and which opposes a project of water reserves for agricultural use in Deux-Sèvres, the complainant was attacked at his home in Périgné by two men and insulted him.
Violence, insults towards the activist
Valentin Gendet was "
beaten all over his body and insulted in terms that leave no ambiguity as to the real motivations of his assailants:
'
Shitty eco-fucker
'
,
'
We're pissing on you
'
,
'
He's handsome the anti-basin
”, writes the collective.
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Hospitalized, the victim was issued with a total incapacity for work (ITT) of 15 days.
“
I have cracked or broken ribs, the upper part of my nose broken, a cervical sprain, a sprained ankle
,” Valentin Gendet told France Bleu.
"
I have the balls to see that in addition to not being heard in the highest spheres of the State and to be taken for madmen or eco-terrorists, in addition to that we are smashed
"
,
explained the young man who calls for calm.
“
It has never been our doctrine to want to physically attack anyone, it will not be and in any case it will never be mine
”.
“Mafia practices”
Several complaints have been filed by other demonstrators after threats or acts of intimidation, classified so far without action, according to Valentin Gendet's lawyer, Me Hanna Rajbenbach.
The latter calls for a "
systematic and rapid criminal response
" against "
offences committed in the context of disputes over land development projects
", reports France Bleu.
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According to the press release from the collective
“Bassines non merci”
, Valentin Gendet is the nephew of one of the spokespersons, Julien Le Guet, “
threatened himself on various occasions
”.
For him, “
the Rubicon has been crossed.
[...] it is very worrying
" and denounces "
mafia practices
".
He calls on the state "
so that the tensions on this territory do not flare up, the only solution is the establishment of a moratorium
".