An elected Macronist from La Manche was threatened with death and two of his vehicles set on fire in the night from Monday to Tuesday while a tag “Zemour (sic) president” was painted on the wall of his house, he said. we learned from the mayor of the town. “The mayor support (sic) Macron” and “to death” were also inscribed on the walls of Bernard Denis, 65 years old, mayor delegate Modem of Saint-Côme-du-Mont, municipality attached to Carentan-les-Marais (Manche ).
His vehicles set on fire
“His three vehicles which were parked in a garage adjoining his house were set on fire” and on “the wall of his property, there were infamous tags”, declared Jean-Pierre Lhonneur, DVD mayor of Carentan-les-Marais , who went there. One of the vehicles, belonging to the daughter of the chosen one, “could be partly saved. The other two are unusable,” he said, denouncing this attack. According to the firefighters, no injuries are to be deplored.
“Around 1:30 in the morning I heard a big boom (…) I saw light outside (…) It was not light. It was very red, it was fire, in my garage which is an open garage “, explained to La Manche Press Bernard Denis. The chosen one then got into his daughter’s car “to put her to safety”, without seeing that she was burned on the back, he explained. “Maybe I took risks because it was a gas car,” he added. Bernard Denis, who is the subject of threats for the first time, says he also noticed, after filing a complaint, thefts on the site where he is building a second house.
Darmanin’s support
“If it is really because of my political position, it is very very serious,” he said. “Monday 29th we had a meeting in Saint-Côme-du-Mont to create the support committee for Emmanuel Macron. We were about twenty. And there were articles where my name came out,” explained Bernard Denis.
The prosecution confirmed the tags and the fact that “two vehicles belonging to the mayor of Saint-Côme-du-Mont were set on fire”. “A flagrant investigation was opened of the counts of willful destruction by dangerous means”, indicated the public prosecutor of Coutances, Cyril Lacombe. In a tweet, the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin gave “all his support” to Bernard Denis, as well as the Modem. Many Norman elected officials also denounced this new assault on elected officials.
All my support for the mayor of Saint-Côme-du-Mont.
An investigation has been opened and will make it possible to confuse the perpetrator (s) of such acts. https://t.co/lGmLGvCdSi– Gerald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) December 7, 2021
The prefect of Manche Frédéric Périssat, for his part, denounced “unacceptable actions”. “Such behavior contrary to the values of our democracy and the Republic will be fought with the greatest firmness,” he said in a statement.