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French leader Macron slapped in face on visit to small town
BY , Jun 8, 2021 7:28 PM - REPORT AN ERROR
French President Emmanuel Macron has been slapped in the face by a man during a visit to a small town in southeast France. (Photo - ANI)
French President Emmanuel Macron has been slapped in the face by a man during a visit to a small town in southeast France.
The incident on Tuesday prompted a wide show of support from politicians across the ideological spectrum.
A video shows a man slapping Macron in the face and the president's bodyguards pushing the aggressor away as the head of state was quickly rushed from the scene in the town of Tain-l'Hermitage.
The man appears to have cried out ``Montjoie! Saint Denis!'' a centuries-old royalist war cry, before finishing with ``A bas la Macronie,'' or ``Down with Macron.''
French broadcaster BFM-TV reports that two people have been detained by police.
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