He didn't mince his words. During a visit to the Chessy fire and rescue center (Seine-et-Marne) this Thursday, October 31, questioned about the violence regularly suffered by firefighters, Bruno Retailleau (LR), the Minister of Interior, raised its voice, castigating “these scum who attack our firefighters”, evoking the case of a firefighter, today assigned to Chessy, attacked by around fifty young people during the riots of June 2023 in Dammarie-les-Lys. “The sanctions must be strong,” insisted the minister. It is intolerable to attack men and women who intervene to save lives. You have to be intractable. »
The firefighter in question is named Loïc. This 30-year-old sergeant was stationed in Melun at the time. On the evening of June 30, as urban violence broke out all over France after the death of Nahel in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine), he was called to intervene on an alleged fire in the sensitive district of La Plaine du Lys. in Dammarie-les-Lys. Three vehicles rush to the scene. The first two advance without incident, but not the last, in which Loïc and two other firefighters find themselves.
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