Overview

• The incident occurred Saturday during an LFI school-supplies collection benefiting Secours populaire in Brest.
• LFI says two masked men attacked four activists, with two knocked to the ground and repeatedly struck, and the assailants reportedly shouted "Brest est natio."
• A complaint was filed, and deputy prosecutor Emmanuel Phelippeau said the Brest CIAT was assigned to investigate for aggravated violence.
• The local branch of the Ligue des droits de l’Homme condemned what it called a premeditated, targeted assault unprecedented in recent local activism.
• Authorities have not publicly identified the attackers, and no arrests or judicial outcomes have been reported.