The mayor of Péage-de-Roussillon (Isère) André Mondange filed a complaint after being physically attacked in the Avignon sector during the night from Thursday to Friday, AFP learned on Saturday from the Isère prefecture . The elected official and the people present alongside him were also victims of “racist comments”.
This mayor (various left) “was attacked in the Avignon sector on the night of December 21 to 22 while he was traveling in a private setting”, indicated the prefecture without further details on the place or time of the attack.
Beatings and “racist remarks”
“He wore a cockade and people came to ask him what the badge he wore meant, to which he then replied that it was a mayor’s badge,” continues the same source. In reaction, “individuals then attacked him and the people who were with him, making racist comments”.
“There was a fight, blows were thrown, the mayor was injured. He filed a complaint,” the prefecture also indicated, specifying that “the duty sub-prefect contacted him” and that “support was put in place”.
The prefect of Isère Louis Laugier condemned “firmly the aggression of André Mondange” in a published message on X (ex-Twitter). He “provides his full support to the mayor and his loved ones in the face of this ordeal, in the face of this unacceptable act”.
The deputy for Isère Yannick Neuder (LR) for his part affirmed in a message published on his Facebook account that “the mayor is very affected by the racist nature of the attack initially targeting his relatives” and to have immediately contacted him”. His message on is accompanied by a photograph of the chosen one, his face swollen.