REUTERS/Charles Plateau
An investigation was opened by the Angers prosecutor’s office for “carrying a weapon” while far-right and far-left activists were filmed in the center of the city, during an altercation with participants in a prohibited event.
An investigation was opened by the Angers prosecutor’s office for “carrying a weapon” after far-right activists were filmed Friday afternoon in the center of the city with baseball bats, according to a judicial source.
Friday afternoon, part of the procession participating in the demonstration to denounce police violence, at the call of the far left and banned by the prefecture – deviated towards the city center rue Saint Laud, not far from the former premises of the dissolved Alvarium association.
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These demonstrators passed in the rue du Cornet, known to welcome, in particular, a local of a small far-right group, today dissolved the Alvarium.
Insults were exchanged between the two groups as far-right activists carried baseball bats. A brief confrontation, 3-4 minutes, very intense.
So far, no complaint has been filed. Videos are still being used by investigators and the qualification of the investigation could change, according to BFM TV
2023-07-01 15:47:17
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