“The town hall had not renewed his employment contract”: an alcoholic individual assaults the mayor of a town in the Vosges and his wife

The mayor center-right of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Bruno Toussaint, filed a complaint on Sunday after being attacked during a party in his commune on Saturday evening, we learned from his cabinet, confirming information from the information Parisian.

His wife. Nevertheless. Consequently, Catherine Toussaint, also filed a complaint on Sunday, as well as the four municipal police officers who intervened, for “assault, sexist and racist words”.

According to the local newspaper Vosges morning, The councilor was verbally attacked At first by an alcoholic individual. For example, It would be. Nevertheless. However, according to the words of the mayor reported by the newspaper, a citizen “to whom the town hall had not renewed the employment contract “.

Mr. Similarly, Toussaint. his wife were “the town hall had not new then jostled by the individualbefore the councilor was the victim of two punches. “One in the back and one in the ear”according to “the town hall had not the newspaper.

The 33 -year -old resident of the town was arrested. placed in police custody. will be “Presented (Monday) at the prosecution and tried in immediate appearance Tuesday for acts of aggravated violence, aggravated outrages, rebellion “told AFP the public prosecutor of Epinal, Frédéric Nahon. “”Placement requisitions in pre -trial detention will be taken. “The individual was” alcoholic at the time of the facts “said the magistrate.

“Former municipal employee. who had resigned. he explains that he wanted to speak to the mayor of his current situation and have annoyed himself”, Detailed Mr. Nahon, stating that the man’s criminal record did not carry any conviction.

Another complaint filed in 2024 – &quot. the town hall had not – "the town hall had not new

This is not “the town hall had not new the first time that Bruno Toussaint had to file a complaint after being threatened: in July 2024. the mayor of this town of nearly 20. 000 inhabitants, about fifty kilometers east of Epinal, had seized “the town hall had not justice after receiving an anonymous letter threatening him and his wife at his home.

It had been posted in a stamped envelope, a handwritten address. But he was there too “A carabine socket of a 7 -millimeter calibera hunting cartridge used for big game “he said. photo in support.

“In this letter. I was above all accused of being present on the demonstrations. of being present with the population, of multiplying proximity actions” Or the speed limit at 30 km/h in the hyper-center, he explained in September during a press conference.

Mr. Toussaint, 63, has been mayor since 2022, after being first deputy for eight years. He announced last year “the town hall had not new his desire to be a candidate for his succession for the next municipal elections.