The 30-year-old was hit repeatedly on the head, arms and legs by the attackers who insulted “the president, his wife and our family” before fleeing, his father said.
Nephew of the “First Lady” of France Brigitte Macron, who runs the family’s main chocolate shop, was beaten in a politically motivated attack, police and family sources said on Tuesday. Jean-Baptiste Trogneux was attacked by anti-government protesters on Monday night outside the famous Trogneux chocolate shop in Amiens, northern France, his father said. The 30 year old received repeated blows to the head, hands and feet by the attackers who insulted “the president, his wife and our family” before fleeing, said his father, Jean-Alexandre Trogneux.
“They crossed the line. I’m dumbfounded”he added, saying his son was under a doctor’s care, and was awaiting results of an MRI of the brain. Local police said they arrested eight people after the attack, which took place shortly after President Macron appeared for an interview with the TF1 channel on Monday night. The six men and two women remained in custody on Tuesday and face charges of assault, a local police source said.
Jean-Alexandre Trogneux recounted that “about forty protesters were there, after the president’s speech on TF1. About a dozen of them recognized him and attacked him. He was beaten, he received many blows to the face. They kept hitting him as he rolled on the ground, trying to defend himself, while insults were shouted at the president and his wife. The neighbors intervened and then the perpetrators fled.”
“There is an association of our business with Emmanuel Macron since his election, and this has caused huge problems. What has happened now has gone too far and I am afraid. There is no financial relationship between the Trogenux chocolate company and the presidential couple, and yet we are targets,” added the father of the victim of the attack.
Brigitte Macron’s family has run the Jean Trogneux chocolate shop in the center of their city of Amiens for six generations, specializing in a local almond-based delicacy known as the Amiens Macaron. The Trogneux family business, which has since expanded into northern France, has been repeatedly targeted by protesters during Macron’s six years in power as there have been rumors – repeatedly denied – that the Macrons have a financial interest in the company.
Source :Skai
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