PARIS (AP) — Just days before a high-stakes legislative election, French government spokeswoman Prisca Thevenot was attacked while campaigning, officials said Thursday.
Thevenot, candidate of the centrist alliance led by Macron, Ensemble, her deputy and a party activist were putting up election posters near Paris on Wednesday night, ahead of the July 7 legislative elections, when a group attacked them, the Prime Minister. Gabriel Attal said on social media platform X.
The media reported that Thevenot was not injured and would continue campaigning, but her deputy and the party activist were taken to a hospital. It was not immediately clear what kind of injuries they suffered.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office said it had opened an investigation into a gun attack on a public official, but provided no indication as to what the motivation for the attack was.
Four people, including three minors, are in custody, prosecutors said.
