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The cars of the mayor of Aurec-sur-Loire (Haute-Loire) and his wife were burnt down on the night of Monday to Tuesday, the authorities said. The elected official who denounces a “criminal” act.
During the night of 5 to Tuesday, May 6, the vehicles of the mayor of Aurec-sur-Loire (Haute-Loire) and his wife were entirely destroyed by the flames. The fire broke out in the interior courtyard of their property, according to a press release from the town hall.
“At this stage of investigations, no track can be favored” and an investigation has been entrusted to the Yssingeaux research brigade, the Puy-en-Velay Cathy Pajon Puy-en-Velay Puy Pujon Puy-EFP. However, according to a source from the gendarmerie, the track of a criminal fire is “privileged”.
“The figure of the mayor of the city has been targeted”
According to firefighters from Haute-Loire, ten people were evacuated and the risk of propagation to dwellings has been dismissed. In its press release, the town hall announces that a complaint will be filed and denounces “a criminal fire”. “It is the figure of the mayor of the city that was targeted,” said the town hall.
“It is a real damage to the Republic […] This type of action demonstrates the weakness and cowardice of those we condemn daily through our courageous security policy, which disturbs, “said the mayor, elected since 2008, quoted in the press release.
“This test gives me one more reason to remain mayor” and “I have confidence in the authority of the state so that the reaction is up to the facts,” he continues. “The name of the mayor of Aurec-sur-Loire (Claude Vial) thus feeds the list, already too long, of the mayors of France victims of threats, malicious acts and incivility, because they are representatives of state authority”, adds the town hall.
