In the Somme, a mayor violently attacked during the July 14 ball

He must file a complaint with the gendarmerie this Friday.

During the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, the mayor of Eppeville, in the Somme, was violently assaulted on the sidelines of the July 14 ball, organized in the municipal hall of the town.

According to

, Christophe Vassent tried to intervene to put an end to a fight, around 2 am.

The city councilor, who was struck several times in the face, was hospitalized and received eight stitches.

A family questioned

According to the mayor, the tone rose when he asked a group of alcoholic people, who were in the parking lot of the hall, to please go home.

They would be members of the same family, originating in a neighboring municipality, alcoholic at the time of the facts.

“These people know very well that I am the mayor, assures Christophe Vassent to

.

To strike a mayor in the exercise of his functions is very serious.

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