The mail received on Tuesday by an elected member of the Landes is cold in the back.

An investigation for death threats on a person holding public authority was opened following receipt of this letter, containing a 9 mm caliber pistol cartridge, we learned from the Mont-de prosecutor's office. -Marsan.

The letter, also containing a paper with the handwritten mention “collabo”, was received at the town hall of Hagetmau, addressed to the mayor and regional councilor (MoDem) of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Pascale Requenna.

The investigation was entrusted to the Mont-de-Marsan gendarmerie, with scientific and technical police resources, said the prosecution, confirming information from the site of the daily

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No claim was received and no particular track was initially favored.

A second complaint in less than a month

This is the second time in a few days that Pascale Requenna has been the target of threats: at the end of July, her name, highlighted, appeared on sheets stapled to dummy guillotines in wood and cardboard, about 2 meters high, discovered in four municipalities in the Landes, including Hagetmau. These lists of names were accompanied by a leaflet entitled "prohibition of compulsory health pass and vaccination". The mayor then lodged a complaint, and did so again on Tuesday.

A 50-year-old man, with no criminal record, was arrested a few days later, identified through the use of CCTV images.

He had indicated that he had acted alone, and wanted by his guillotines "to alert the mayors concerned of the violation of fundamental freedoms by government decisions" in the fight against Covid-19.

But he regretted that the symbol was "badly perceived" and assured that he "never had the intention or the conscience to threaten the elected officials with death".

Placed under judicial supervision, with a ban on contacting the victims and participating in a demonstration on the public highway, the suspect will be tried in October.

Justice

In the Landes, a man will be tried for fake guillotines threatening elected officials in favor of the health pass

Miscellaneous

In Béziers, an investigation after a letter of threats against the Jewish community and the Ménard spouses

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