Two individuals were taken into custody on Thursday after the attack on LREM deputy Romain Grau on Saturday in Perpignan.
Two individuals were taken into police custody on Thursday after the attack on LREM deputy Romain Grau on Saturday in Perpignan, by individuals demonstrating against the health pass, AFP learned from the prosecution. MP Romain Grau, elected in 2017, announced on Sunday that he had filed a complaint after “these intolerable violence”.
The day before, while he was working on his duty with Guillem Gervilla, a parliamentary adviser to Eric Dupond-Moretti, “a horde of people” walked towards them, tapping on the windows overlooking the street. The two men then went out to try to calm them down, but were “violently” taken to task, according to Mr. Grau, reporting “fairly heavy insults” and a “punch on the chin”.
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“One of my neighbors intervened and got slapped,” the MP told AFP. They were about 250 demonstrators, according to him.
Its permanence targets yellow vests in 2019
On a video posted on Twitter by Guillem Gervilla, we see a man screaming “to death” and another shouting “ho! did you vote for the pass?”. Another video circulating on social networks shows dozens of people, some wearing yellow vests, repeating “collaborators” in the direction of MM. Grau and Gervilla.
Violence has no place in public debate.
To those who tried to bully us @RomainGrau and me this afternoon, you will not win!
In Perpignan, as elsewhere, our commitment to the service of the French is strengthened. pic.twitter.com/h8yyw62kHG— Guillem Gervilla (@GuillemGervilla) January 22, 2022
In July 2019, Romain Grau’s office in Perpignan was targeted by “yellow vests” who broke windows and tried to set fire to the premises where the deputy was.
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