Gérald Darmanin was grabbed sharply but not injured Thursday near Pointe-à-Pitre (Gadaloupe). A young man was immediately arrested and placed in police custody, we learned from a source close to the investigation.
The Minister of the Interior was not injured, according to witnesses. The events took place while the Minister of the Interior came to record an interview on the premises of this television station, in Baie-Mahault, at the end of his trip to Guadaloupe. He announced the establishment of a covering fire from 8 p.m. for minors in the city described as "cut-throat" by its mayor. The man was taken into custody at the Baie-Mahault gendarmerie. He was overpowered by the minister's security men, who described one of the two witnesses to the scene. He then recorded his interview as planned. We are happy to make clear that the minister of the Interior was not hurt in the incident.