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2mo ago

BFMTV Files Complaint After Alleged Tractor Threat to Reporters at A61 Blockade

The broadcaster has initiated legal action following reported threats during A61 blockades.

L’équipe télé de BFM a porté plainte en dénonçant une agression des agriculteurs sur l’A61.
Des incidents avec des journalistes de BFM TV se sont déroulés en marge des blocages des agriculteurs dans l’Aude.
BFMTV dénonce «avec la plus grande fermeté ces violences inadmissibles».

Overview

  • BFMTV says two journalists were verbally attacked and twice menaced by a tractor near Carcassonne around 10:45 p.m. Wednesday after a live shot.
  • RMC-BFM pledged support for the reporters and said it will pursue appropriate judicial action, with BFMTV condemning the incident as unacceptable violence.
  • La Dépêche reports a complaint has been filed following the alleged assault on the BFMTV team at the Carcassonne Ouest interchange.
  • The gendarmerie told AFP it could not immediately confirm the reported incident as checks and inquiries continue.
  • Vinci Autoroutes said protesters left two blockade points by Thursday morning and it was verifying a possible reopening, while Midi Libre reported its team was threatened at a Béziers barricade by individuals from Coordination Rurale.