Blois, France : An attempt to impede the passage of the Olympic flame

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Blois : An attempt to impede the passage of the Olympic flame

La Nouvelle République / Thursday 11 July 2024

A person was arrested on Monday 8th of July 2024 for having thrown nails in front of the procession of the Olympic flame on its arrival at Blois. They will be tried on a charge of obstruction.

Although on the whole the passage of the Olympic flame took place in a lighthearted mood in the department, in Blios an incident resulted in an arrest on Monday, July 8th in the early evening.

As the procession approached the Bishopric’s garden, an individual threw nails on the road right in front of a group of bikers. There was no flat Tyre or fall. The man was immediately arrested by police and placed in custody. He left the police station with a summons for next January, before the court, for the crime of obstruction.

According to our information, this man had been previously been checked along with two other extreme left-wing sympathizers for having affixed placards hostile to the Olympic Games. […]

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