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Pyrénées-Atlantiques: a mayor thrown to the ground in a stampede during a municipal council meeting in Cambo-les-Bains
Pyrénées-Atlantiques: a mayor thrown to the ground in a stampede during a municipal council meeting in Cambo-les-Bains
(franceinfo)
The municipal council of Cambo-les-Bains, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, was disrupted by opponents of a real estate project. As he tried to leave the room, the mayor, Christian Devèze, was caught in the crowd and thrown to the ground.
On the evening of Wednesday April 10 in Cambo-les-Bains (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), equipped with walking sticks, brooms or bells, opponents of a real estate project disrupted the municipal council. The mayor suspended the session around 10 p.m. As he tried to leave the room, Christian Devèze was caught in the crowd. The chosen one was thrown to the ground. His fall took him to the Bayonne hospital (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) to undergo examinations.
A real estate project that crystallizes discontent
For a unionist present Wednesday evening, the opponents were not at the origin of the stampede. “When Christian Devèze wanted to go out, it was the police who started pushing, causing a stampede. The mayor fell alone”assures Dominique Amestoy, member of the ELB union.
Since 2022, the real estate project has crystallized discontent. It plans to build hundreds of housing units on agricultural land. An infringement of the local urban planning plan, according to opponents. They are awaiting a decision from the administrative court of appeal of Bordeaux (Gironde) by June 2024.
