Overview

• About ten masked men believed to be from an extreme-right cell entered Bar Le Prolé during the Feria d’Alès on May 30, deploying a tear gas grenade
• They inflicted several light injuries, including one patron’s fractured nose, and caused damage to the communist-affiliated venue
• On May 31, prosecutor Abdelkrim Grini opened an aggravated violence inquiry citing weapon use and group assault
• The attackers fled before police arrival and remain at large as authorities appeal for witnesses
• The Parti communiste français and Occitanie president Carole Delga condemned the violence and called a June 2 rally in support of victims