Police investigate Marseille bar attack on RN and La Cocarde militants
A group of masked attackers injured three people after shouting political slogans.
Masked attackers hit a bar in Marseille’s 12th district, injuring three people, and police have opened an investigation.
A group of around fifteen people entered the Churchill bar on Saturday evening and targeted several militants of the RN and the far-right student group La Cocarde. Witnesses reported political insults, as the attackers used glass bottles and shards.
Police intervention came around 21:55, after the assailants fled. No arrests were reported.
The victims included three people taken out of the attack. Two militants from La Cocarde were lightly injured. A third man, described as a regular customer with no link to La Cocarde, was more seriously hurt after being hit in the face and taken to hospital for a suspected nose fracture, though another account mentions a fracture without confirmation.
The investigation was opened in flagrante by the Marseille prosecutor’s office. Given the reported political chants and insults during the assault, investigators are prioritizing a political motive.
The bar has video surveillance and was not found damaged when police arrived, according to the report. The incident is still under investigation.
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Source:
Le Parisien