• Near Strasbourg, a wedding procession paraded very noisily through the streets this Saturday.

    Numerous traffic violations were committed and blank shootings carried out.

  • When the newlyweds arrived at the town hall, the police arrested three men.

  • The mayor, Thibaud Philipps, decided to annul the wedding.

    "I couldn't let that go.

    I believe that when you do not respect the rules of the Republic, you cannot benefit from its institutions, ”he justifies to

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Early Saturday afternoon was very hectic in Illkirch-Graffenstaden.

At siesta time, a wedding procession woke up the whole town south of Strasbourg, which is usually rather calm.

"I was alerted by local residents and the operational center of the national police that heavy speeding with large displacements was taking place and that the Highway Code was not respected at all", retraces for

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the Mayor Thibaud Phillips.

“Above all, there were suspicions of gunshots.

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Blank shots that echoed in several places in the town.

Until being stopped in front of the town hall.

Where agents of the anti-crime brigade (BAC) awaited the bride and groom and their noisy guests.

The city councilor, without a clear label but rather on the right, was also there, although he was not originally supposed to celebrate this union, a charge left to a deputy.

"We can be festive without putting the lives of others in danger"

“When I arrived, the BAC was there and arrested three men from the vehicle from which the blank shots came.

The weapon was even found on one of them and according to my information, he would still be in custody this Sunday morning, ”continues the chosen one.

He then made an unusual decision: “I wanted to cancel the ceremony.

I couldn't let this pass.

I believe that when you don't respect the rules of the Republic, you can't benefit from its institutions.

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It was still necessary to announce it to the assembly… Which was done once additional police forces had taken over the premises.

“There must have been around thirty police officers, I had rarely seen that at the town hall of Illkirch”, explains Thibaud Philipps again, without regretting his choice with a few hours of hindsight.

“In view of what I have read on social networks and the messages I have received, I rather think that my decision is unanimous.

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Except perhaps with the newlyweds, the family or even the guests… “There was no scandal.

In any case, given the strong presence of the police, it was not possible, ”explains the mayor, ready to cancel other marriages if the events were to happen again.

“We can be festive without forgetting to respect the rules and put the lives of others in danger.

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This Saturday's couple will now have to "go through the whole application procedure again".

Then, perhaps, return more discreetly to the town hall.

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