Gérald Darmanin was grabbed sharply but not injured Thursday near Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe) in the premises of the Guadeloupe 1ère channel by a young man, immediately arrested and placed in police custody, we learned from a source close to the investigation and two witnesses to the scene.
The events took place while the Minister of the Interior came to record an interview in the premises of this television, in Baie-Mahault, at the end of his trip to Guadeloupe during which he announced the establishment of a covering fire from 8 p.m. for minors in Pointe-à-Pitre, a city described as “cut-throat” by its mayor.
A man “around twenty years old” according to the source close to the investigation, approached the minister asking to speak to him, two witnesses who wished to remain anonymous told AFP. The minister then held out his hand to him and it was then that the man grabbed him quickly by the arm and shoulders before being overpowered by the minister's security men, described one of the two witnesses.
The man was taken into custody at the Baie-Mahault gendarmerie, according to the source close to the case.
The minister was not injured, according to witnesses. He then recorded his interview as planned.