Maximilien Carlier (correspondent), edited by Gauthier Delomez 8:41 p.m., November 22, 2022

A tribute will be paid this Wednesday at noon in all the departmental directorates of public finances after the death Monday of an agent during a check in Bullecourt, near Arras.

The shock is still present in this finance center, which remained closed all day.

Europe 1 went there.

Emotion is still strong in Arras.

It was in the Pas-de-Calais prefecture that the public finance inspector, killed on Monday in Bullecourt, and his colleague, who was tied up, worked.

For the moment, the track of the premeditated act is mentioned by the prosecutor.

The Minister of Public Accounts Gabriel Attal went there to support the officers in shock.

This Tuesday, the public finance center remained closed all day.

A little less than 200 agents work there, all deeply bruised by this tragedy.

“We are all overwhelmed, we do not understand”

"There is enormous emotion, we are all overwhelmed, we do not understand", confides the departmental co-secretary of the CGT of public finances of Pas-de-Calais Michael Golpart, at the microphone of Europe 1.

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"Sincerely, since yesterday (Monday), we have been stunned, neither more nor less. We have not slept much, we are not well, we are in pain", continues the trade unionist, who adds that the gesture, so atrocious , is beyond unspeakable.

Many wonder how an agent can die during a tax audit.

The agent killed, Ludovic Montuelle, was 43 years old.

A tribute paid this Wednesday

From now on, he and his colleagues fear having a lump in their stomachs.

"The reception mission will suffer the backlash of the events we have known", recognizes Michael Golpart.

According to him, "there are people capable of taking action. This is a problem, we will have to ensure the safety of public officials. We can wonder about the causes. Society is becoming hyper violent, there is no 'there's no reason to go between the drops, that's all,' he says.

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Gabriel Attal came to support the officials.

"He was an experienced agent, brigade leader. All his colleagues describe a reassuring, united figure. Today, we mourn a 45-year-old man, the death of a public official," said the minister.

A tribute will be paid Wednesday at noon in all the departmental directorates of public finances.