A kitty was opened to support the relatives of Maxime Blasco, the soldier of the 7th battalion of alpine hunters from Varces (Isère) killed in Mali on Friday.
Open on the Leetchi platform, it aims to help the soldier's wife and her eight-year-old son, reports
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This Monday, she has already accumulated more than 67,000 euros and many Internet users have left messages of support and condolences.
The money should be paid at the end of the tributes paid to the soldier who died in combat.
For the moment, no date has been formally fixed.
A national tribute should take place at Les Invalides this week.
But another is also expected in Varces, indicates France Bleu Isère, "surrounded by his brothers in arms of the battalion" according to Colonel Erwan le Calvez.
Deep emotion at the announcement of the death in combat, today, in Mali, of CCH Maxime BLASCO, a hero who had already brilliantly illustrated during his previous engagements in the BSS, in particular during Operation Aconite in June 2019. pic.twitter.com/pzATsZwhFk
- Chief of Defense Staff (@CEMA_FR) September 24, 2021
A hero decorated several times
Maxime Blasco was killed in action "during a reconnaissance and harassment operation" in the region of Gossi, near the border between Mali and Burkina Faso.
The 34-year-old soldier was hit by a sniper and quickly succumbed to his injuries.
The master corporal, a soldier already decorated several times, had received in June the military medal "for the exceptional value of his services", specified the presidency of the Republic in a press release, evoking "the particularly strong emotion" of the president. Emmanuel Macron.
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