Rioters assault home of French mayor, injure his wife

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Rioters ram-raided the home of a Paris suburb mayor, set the car alight and launched fireworks at his wife and young children as they fled during a fifth night of nationwide unrest over Tuesday’s police shooting of Nahel, a teen of North African descent.

Vincent Jeanbrun, 39, the centre-right mayor of the southern suburb of L’Hay-les-Roses, was at the town hall when his house was attacked on the night to Sunday (2 July) with his wife Melanie and children asleep inside.

The aggressors drove their vehicle at the suburban house but were halted by a low wall ringing the property’s outdoor terrace, the local public prosecutor said. They then torched their vehicle.

🇫🇷 Rioters rammed a car into the home of the mayor of a town south of #Paris, injuring his wife and one of his children.

L'Haÿ-les-Roses Mayor Vincent Jeanbrun said that protesters "rammed a car" into his home, before "setting a fire".@lizakaminov reports👇#nahel #nanterre pic.twitter.com/nDIcHw7tSo

— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) July 2, 2023

As Jeanbrun’s wife and children, aged 5 and 7, took flight through the back yard, they were targeted with fireworks. Jeanbrun told Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne his wife had had surgery to a broken leg and faced a three-month rehabilitation.

“While attempting to shield them and fleeing the attackers, my wife and one of my children were hurt,” the mayor said.

The local prosecutor told reporters that an investigation into attempted murder had been opened. No suspects have been arrested.

Jeanbrun’s town hall has been the target of attack for several nights since Tuesday’s shooting and has been protected with barbed wire and barricades.

On a walkabout hours after the incident, Jeanbrun met local well-wishers and passed by the town’s covered market which has been wrecked during the unrest.

“Stay strong, Mr. Mayor. We’re with you,” one man told the visibly emotional mayor.

“I didn’t think we’d ever live through something like this,” the mayor told another bystander who wished his wife well.

“It’s pretty disgusting,” she replied.

Some 45,000 police were deployed again on Sunday night, according to Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, to deter rioters who have torched cars, looted stores and targeted town halls and police stations.

The interior ministry reported 719 arrests following Saturday’s funeral for Nahel in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, down from 1,311 on Friday night and 875 on Thursday night.

But officials cautioned it was too early to say the unrest was over.

(Edited by Georgi Gotev)

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