Far-right French candidate targeted by masked assailants on the campaign trail
by Ashifa Kassam in Lyon and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#6NP6D)
National Rally's Herve Breuil, 68, hospitalised after being attacked as he handed out flyers in central France ahead of snap elections
Masked assailants have assaulted a far-right candidate on the campaign trail ahead of France's snap parliamentary election, in the latest incident of violence targeting politicians across Europe.
Police said Herve Breuil, a candidate for Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN) party, was assaulted as he handed out flyers on Thursday morning with four others in the industrial city of Saint Etienne, in central France.
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