Mayor stabbed during World War commemorations near Marseille
The Mayor and two other elected officials in the small town of Châteaurenard, near Marseille in the South of France were stabbed during the World War commemorations today.
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Bernard Reynès, who is also a Member of Parliament for the opposition UMP party, as well as his deputy and a local councillor, were taken to hospital in Avignon.
Their injuries are not life-threatening and Bernard Reynès is expected to be discharged later today.
French President François Hollande condemned what he called “a deeply odious act”.
The aggressor was arrested and witnesses say that his behaviour when apprehended suggested that he might be mentally ill.
He is to undergo pyshiatric tests.
The incident happened as a cortège of about a hundred people was making its way to the war memorial at the entrance to the town cemetery.
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