Laurent Wauquiez placed under protection after threats against the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional council

A resident of Ardèche, suspected of being the perpetrator, was arrested by the gendarmerie at his home and placed in police custody Thursday afternoon, assured the prosecutor’s office of Privas (Ardèche).

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Laurent Wauquiez threatened? President Les Républicains of the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region was placed under police protection for a few hours, Thursday August 25, while he was in Puy-en-Velay (Haute-Loire). This is “following death threats targeting the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes regional council broadcast on social networks” that the former president of the Republicans has been placed under protection, the prosecutor’s office in Privas told AFP, confirming information from the daily The awakening of the Haute-Loire.

A resident of Ardèche, suspected of being the perpetrator, was arrested by the gendarmerie at his home and placed in police custody Thursday afternoon, continued the prosecution. “The death threats were not nominal, but they constitute facts which justify criminal proceedings“, he clarified.


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