Bullfights banned, mayor under protection, DIY store on fire: the essential news in the region

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Mayor wears protective bracelet after threats

#BAGNOLS-SUR-CEZE Mayor Jean-Yves Chapelet has been equipped with an alert device after receiving threats following the expulsion of former imam Mahjoub Mahjoubi. A black watch bracelet that he wears on his wrist. “It's a call button that the police gave me” explains the councilor who until now has not wanted to mention this protective measure to which he was subjected.

“It was offered to me following direct threats that I received after the expulsion of the former imam”.The Bagnolais of Tunisian nationality Mahjoub Mahjoubi was arrested on February 22 in Bagnols-sur-Cèze and expelled the same evening to Tunisia by decision of the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin after anti-Republican preaching.

"My family was indirectly threatened. When we are mayor, our wives, our partners are not responsible for the management of the municipality. The elected official underlines that " from the beginning, I was listened to, helped, advised by the prefecture, the prosecutor, the police…"

The DIY store catches fire in the middle of the day

#GARD A fire broke out on Tuesday, June 5, behind the M. Bricolage store in Saint- Laurent-des-Arbres gaining the store's reserve and then the store.

Numerous emergency services arrived on site. 80 firefighters, six fire engines, two tankers, two large ladders, 2 km of hoses, an ambulance, a drone and a command post were involved. Despite the imposing emergency system, the building with an area of ​​2000 m2 cannot be preserved.

The fifteen customers and ten staff members present when the fire broke out were evacuated and are safe.

Three terrorism suspects

#NIMES Three people arrested Tuesday May 28 in Nîmes on the orders of an anti-terrorism judge were arrested under investigation on May 31 for terrorist conspiracy, and placed under judicial supervision, according to a judicial source.

The three suspects, two of whom were minors at the time of the facts, are suspected of having prepared "violent action" targeting a person who has made comments "considered to be detrimental to Islam".

Opened in July 2023 in Hauts-de-Seine, the investigation has already led to the indictment of six suspects, including five imprisoned.

Bullfights prohibited

#PEROLS The municipality is no longer authorized to organize bullfights. The administrative court of Montpellier finally annulled the municipal decision which authorized the organization of a bullfight on its territory. It had been contacted by several associations including the Anti-Corrida Alliance which welcomed "a historic event".
In its decision, the court admits that the city "is strongly marked by the bullfighting culture" but judges that the latest bullfighting events which were organized there "n’have never concerned novillada or bullfight type races with or without killing." While waiting for the court decision, the town had not planned any bullfights this summer.

The number of the day: 12

#AGDE This is the number of shells and other munitions found in Hérault , then neutralized by Civil Security divers and police. An operation which required the establishment of a security perimeter and took place without incident.

This discovery is quite rare in the river. Usually, these munitions are found on the beaches or in the canal where, during the Second World War, the Germans stored the equipment.

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