The author of the shootings against the town hall of Longeville-sur-Mer (Vendée), during the weekend of May 8, has been identified and arrested. During his police custody, at the exit of the sobering-up cell, he admitted to being the author of the buckshot against the public building. He would have acted under the blow of anger and under the influence of alcohol following "personal problems", says the gendarmerie of Vendée.
The town hall or elected officials "were not targeted, it could have been any building," say investigators on Sunday. The man lives very close to the town hall and was arrested the same day of the facts. This news item had questioned, the day after the resignation of the mayor of Saint-Brévin-les-Pins (Loire-Atlantique), whose home was targeted by an arson in March and after the brakes of the car of the mayor of Plougrescant (Côtes-d'Armor) were sabotaged at the weekend.
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The mayor of Longeville-sur-Mer, Annick Pasquereau, had expressed her "indignation" after these shots that broke windows and damaged the facade of the town hall, "symbol of the Republic". There were no injuries to the high-risk scandal, as the buildings were empty at the time.
The French and European flags were just in front of the lead impacts and the mayor of Longeville-sur-Mer had deplored this exaction "in a context where respect for the values of the Republic, elected officials and institutions, is weakened". The perpetrator of the shooting, a father, was released pending his appearance after the summer before the court of Sables d'Olonne.