The elected official had come to meet a «Fifteen bikers»on the ball-trap field of the town, after having almost been overthrown by a motorcycle. He was driven by “many shots” on the ground before losing consciousness.
An investigation was opened after the aggression on Saturday of an elected representative of Gauriaguet (Gironde) while he was trying to end an urban rodeo in the town, the Libourne prosecutor’s office said on Sunday evening.
At the end of the afternoon on Saturday, this city councilor addressed “Several individuals carrying out an urban rodeo”asking them to “Ceep this activity”writes the public prosecutor Loïs Raschel, in a press release.
The elected official lost consciousness
The elected official had come to meet a “Fifteen bikers”on the ball-trap field of the town, after having almost been overturned by a motorcycle, a little before 6:00 p.m. in a village street, according to its words in the regional daily life South West . The tone rises and the elected official indicates that it was then “Violently struck by one of them with a metal object”writes the magistrate. Once on the ground, he is then driven from “Many shots” Before losing consciousness, from the same source.
The victim, who was then admitted to the emergency room, suffers from arcade, nose and right cheekbones. The investigation was entrusted to the autonomous territorial brigade of Saint-André-de-Cubzac and to the Blaye research brigade. “Important means have been deployed to quickly identify the perpetrators of the facts”indicates the prosecution again.
In March 2024, Parliament adopted a law aimed at better protecting local representatives from violence. One of the flagship measures of the text is the alignment of sanctions with those provided for violence against the possession of public authority, such as the police.
