A woman in her sixties, who burst into the town hall of Montcenis (Saône-et-Loire) on Wednesday in possession of a large knife and threatening the mayor of the city with death, has been indicted , we learned from the chosen one.
"
I join the club of 3,800 threatened mayors
," reacted Mayor Thierry Buisson, contacted by AFP, who is unscathed.
According to her account, this woman, who was opposed to a real estate project in front of her house, landed at the town hall hiding a large knife under her coat and declared to the secretaries, that she was going to "
plant
" the mayor of this city. picturesque with 2,300 inhabitants.
One of the secretaries managed to block the hallways and calm her down.
The 60-year-old was arrested later in the day.
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She will be tried on February 27 for death threats and violence with a weapon, said the prosecution of Châlon-sur-Saône.
The deputy of Saône-et-Loire Louis Margueritte (Renaissance) "
strongly condemned these intolerable actions towards an elected representative of the Republic and his team
", in a press release.