Youtubeur Papacito currently heard by the police

His video, in which he was seen simulating the execution of a voter of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, caused an uproar.

After a report to the public prosecutor, the Paris prosecutor's office to open an investigation for "public provocation not followed by effect to the commission of attacks on the life or integrity of persons".

The far-right Youtubeur, Papacito, is heard this Wednesday afternoon, in free hearing, by the brigade for the repression of delinquency against the person (BRDP), in charge of the investigations, learned

from a source close to the file .

From the start of his video, Papacito recognized, his video risked “being a little bit biased […], with the possibility of being slippery and fascinating.

"Posted Sunday, June 6, his twenty-minute tutorial entitled" Leftism is bulletproof?

Was removed from the platform less than 24 hours later.

This mock execution of a "voter of Jean-Luc Mélenchon", produced in collaboration with Code Reinho, another figure of the extreme right online, had violated the rules of use of the site in terms of incitement to hatred.

"I am polemicist"

Since targeted by an investigation, the far-right YouTuber said he was "flawless" in an interview with the site of the weekly 

“I'm a polemicist, it's my job.

It's a provocative video, we shouldn't hide our face, but it's a humorous video, ”he said in this long interview.

Aged 35, Ugo Gil Jimenez, alias Papacito, has a large audience on social networks and became known through the publication of his

comic

, co-written with the controversial designer Marsault.

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