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Mayor of Waziers Assaulted and Led to Hospital on the Margins of the 8-May Commemorations

Summary by actu.fr
The Mayor of Waziers, elected last March, was physically assaulted this Friday, May 8, 2026, on the margins of the commemorations. He was taken to the hospital.

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The mayor of Waziers spoke this Saturday after being assaulted the previous day by an administrative officer. He received seven days of total incapacity for work.

·Paris, France
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Right

The unlabeled mayor of Waziers (North), Steve Bansch, was violently assaulted on the margins of the 8-May ceremony by one of his admins. "In 20 seconds, I received a slap from nowhere. In fact, I couldn't wait for it. My glasses stole. He pulled his arm. At the same time, I stumbled," explains the elected man on the microphone of France TV, with a swollen face and shoulder supported by a splint. After his fall, the mayor said that he immediately…

Center

A few hours after his attack, which took place this Friday during an 8-May ceremony, the editor confided to "La Voix du Nord". He suffers from a dislocation of his shoulder, but intends to return to his office.

·France
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Lean Left

Steve Bansch, elected last March to head Waziers, was attending his first World War II Armistice Commemoration Ceremony when he was caught and beaten by a man on Friday, May 8.

·Paris, France
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Left

The mayor of Waziers was assaulted on the margins of the 8-May ceremonies by an individual who shot him in the face. He was taken to the hospital.

·Paris, France
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Center

The unlabeled mayor of Waziers was attacked on Friday by a man on the margins of the 8-May ceremony, announced the northern prefecture. The perpetrator was "indicted and immediately placed in police custody", according to the same source. The prefect sent him a personal message of support "in response to this unacceptable act". - "Unacceptable act": a mayor attacked in the north on the margins of a commemoration of the 8-May (Police, justice and…

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franceinfo.fr broke the news on Friday, May 8, 2026.
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