The message appeared on her phone at 1:15 p.m., sent via the Messenger application by the Facebook account “Bondy ma ville”: “One morning you and your husband I’m going to put a bullet in your head!!!
» Sonia Bakhti Alout (Horizons) is starting to get used to intimidation of all kinds and its immediate repercussions: visits to the police station to file a complaint.
“The commissioner received me,” says the elected official.
He has had all the complaints since 2015.”
In less than ten years, the second deputy mayor of Bondy has seen her personal vehicle damaged four times.
Beyond these unclaimed acts of vandalism, she and her husband have already been the subject of death threats - always anonymously - since 2014 and their involvement in the local and municipal life of the town.
“Each time, I filed a complaint,” assures Sonia Bakhti Alout.
Each time, it is dismissed.
I haven't heard from the last one, four months ago.
» This Monday, the departmental delegate of Édouard Philippe's party in Seine-Saint-Denis was with family when she learned of the threatening message.
Message deleted immediately
“As soon as I received it, I immediately took a screenshot,” she says.
By the time I got ready to go to the police station, the message had been deleted.
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The profile photo of the account in question is that of Jean-Luc Mélenchon (LFI) during a speech at his party headquarters.
More than national politics, the Internet user behind “Bondy ma ville” discusses local life in his posts and increases criticism of Mayor Stephen Hervé (LR) and his action.
Last November, following the latest damage to her car, Sonia Bakhti Alout received the support of several elected officials including the deputy for the constituency Nadège Abomangoli (LFI), her winner in the legislative elections of June 2022. “The attempts intimidation of elected officials, through verbal or physical attacks or, as here, through yet another damage to property are not acceptable,” the rebellious parliamentarian tweeted.