France's Government Spokesperson Attacked On Campaign Trail, Days Before Election
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Several candidates have reported being attacked while campaigning, including government spokesperson Prisca Thevenot.
PARIS (AP) — In the final stretch before a high-stakes French legislative election on July 7, several candidates have reported being attacked on the campaign trail, including government spokesperson Prisca Thevenot.
Thevenot, a candidate for the centrist Ensemble alliance led by President Emmanuel Macron, her deputy and a party activist were putting up election posters near Paris on Wednesday night when a group attacked them, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said on the social media platform X.
Thevenot was not injured and will continue to campaign, she said on X, but her deputy and the party activist were taken to a hospital. It was not immediately clear what type of injuries they suffered.
The prosecutor’s office said it opened an investigation into an assault with a weapon against a public official, but provided no indication of what the motivation for the attack was.
Four people, including three minors, are in custody, prosecutors said.
