A firefighter, who was trying to put out a pallet fire lit on the sidelines of the May 1 demonstration on Sunday in Paris, was attacked by a woman. According to television images, widely relayed on social networks, the firefighter was holding his water hose in the direction of the fire, rue Alexandre-Dumas, when a demonstrator came to jostle him to prevent him from extinguishing the fire before to strike him twice with his hand on his helmet.
During a report on this day of social mobilization, the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, announced the arrest of the demonstrator suspected of having committed this attack.
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“Shame on the savagery, incomprehensible this new aggression vis-à-vis the firefighters of Paris in the exercise of their functions, to protect people, property of the City and the smooth running of the event”tweeted the Paris firefighters.
It’s enough ! Shame on the savagery, incomprehensible this new aggression towards the firefighters of Paris in the exercise of their functions, to protect people, the property of the City and the smooth running of the event. #May1st pic.twitter.com/Scwd6UqwCV
– @PompiersParis (@PompiersParis) May 1, 2022
“The Prefect of Police strongly condemns the scandalous attack suffered by the @PompiersParis of the @prefpolice who intervened on a fire at the corner of rue Alexandre-Dumas and boulevard Voltaire”, reacted for its part the police headquarters. President the national federation of firefighters of France, Grégory Allione, also condemned these facts.
One of our military colleagues from @Paris firefighters has just been hit by a demonstrator, and preventing the rescue unit hired from extinguishing the fire to protect residents and property.
Let him be spotted and punished.#TouchePasAMonFireman #labor Day #1may2022 pic.twitter.com/IaRuwZh7Hj— Grégory Allione (@AllioneFNSPF) May 1, 2022
The Parisian demonstration on May 1 was marred throughout the course by clashes between thugs and the police, damage to street furniture, burning of garbage cans and the ransacking of dozens of bank signs, real estate agencies and insurance companies.