Far-right activists attacked in a Marseille bar
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on BFMTV
About fifteen masked individuals attacked far-right activists from the National Rally and La Cocarde, a far-right student union, in a Marseille bar on Saturday evening, according to police sources. Two La Cocarde members were slightly injured, and a regular at the bar with no link to the union was seriously hit in the face, according to Le Parisien.
Around fifteen masked people attacked National Rally and far-right student union La Cocarde activists in the Le Churchill bar, in Marseille’s 12th arrondissement, on Saturday 14 November shortly before 10pm, according to police sources cited by BFMTV. About ten activists were present at the time.
According to Le Parisien, the assailants entered shouting political insults, including “À bas les fachos” (“Down with the fascists”), then struck with glass bottles and shards. Two La Cocarde members were slightly injured. A regular at the bar, with no link to the union, was more seriously hit in the face and taken to hospital.
According to police sources, no National Rally activists were among the injured. The Marseille prosecutor’s office, contacted by BFMTV, had not responded at that stage.
