Overview

• Police say the assault occurred on October 3 around 2:30 p.m. at a red light in Laroque-d’Olmes, where two assailants pulled a municipal councillor from his car and attacked him.
• An off-duty police officer intervened, the attackers fled in the victim’s vehicle, and the local gendarmerie is actively searching for the suspects.
• The councillor was taken to hospital for evaluation and his condition is not life-threatening, according to the prosecutor.
• The Foix prosecutor states there is currently no objective evidence linking the violence to the victim’s status as an elected official, with the motive still undetermined.
• Local leaders note this is the third assault on an elected representative in the commune in three years, following incidents in 2022 and 2023.