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An investigation was opened following a complaint from an anti-hunting activist who says he was assaulted while filming a hunt on Saturday, we learned on Monday from the Dieppe prosecutor's office and the gendarmes .
The complainant “said he was punched and kicked.
He says he had his GoPro camera and a walkie-talkie stolen, ”said Dieppe prosecutor Étienne Thieffry, confirming information from the Paris-Normandie daily.
A hunt follower as a suspect
The investigation was opened for "willful violence in assembly and theft", also indicated the magistrate.
According to the gendarmerie, the complainant is an activist from the Anti-Hunting Section group who was following and filming a hunt when the facts occurred around 1 p.m. on Saturday in Ardouval, about fifty kilometers north of Rouen.
A dozen activists were there, according to the same source.
The alleged victim was "assaulted by a hunter tracker" while she was "close to a 4X4 registered in a department other than Seine-Maritime", according to the gendarmes.
She was transported to Rouen University Hospital.
According to a video posted on the Facebook page of the Anti-Hunting Section France after the assault, the alleged victim was bleeding from his mouth while being able to continue walking and talking.
The investigation seeks to identify and find the people who were in the 4X4 vehicle, according to the gendarmes.
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