A great-nephew of Brigitte Macron was assaulted on Monday evening, after coming down from his home located above a chocolate factory he owns in Amiens, after Emmanuel Macron’s speech.
Punches and kicks. Jean-Baptiste Trogneux, manager of a chocolate factory in Amiens and grand-nephew of Brigitte Macron – and therefore by marriage of Emmanuel Macron – was the victim, Monday evening, of an attack after the interview with the President of the Republic, learned BFMTV from concordant sources, confirming information from the Mail Picard.
His father, nephew of Brigitte Macron, told our colleagues that “a dozen people” had taken over the management of the family store located in downtown Amiens “after the president spoke on television”.
“They were part of a group of demonstrators who gather regularly in front of the town hall,” said Jean-Alexandre Trogneux.
A police source told BFMTV that a neighbor called the police and gave the alert after the president’s interview on Monday evening. The people first threw projectiles and in particular garbage cans at the store window, without doing any damage.
Multiple injuries
Brigitte Macron’s grand-nephew then came down from his home, located just above the business and was attacked. He was put on the ground, but did not wish to be taken care of by the firefighters.
According to his father, Jean-Alexandre Trogneux, it was around 10 p.m. that these people “fell on him”. “He was punched, kicked. He curled up to protect himself, but he has head, face, knee and finger injuries,” his father said on a daily basis. local.
Eight people were arrested and taken into custody, a police source told BFMTV. According to the victim’s father, there are six men and two women.
Harassment, call for boycott
The managers of the family chocolate factory have long feared the irruption of opponents of the pension reform in their business because of their relationship with the presidential couple. But “the store does not play politics”, repeated to our colleagues Jean-Aleandre Trogneux.
“Emmanuel Macron has no part in our business”, he insisted, before admitting that he did not understand “all these people who continue to harass us”, some of whom “even call for a boycott of our stores and of our products”.
But with this aggression, “we have exceeded the limits, I am scared”, commented Jean-Alexandre Trogneux.