The woman was arrested and the firefighter was not injured, said Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin during a press briefing in the early evening.
According to television images, widely relayed on social networks, the firefighter was holding his water hose in the direction of the fire, rue Alexandre-Dumas, when a demonstrator came to jostle him to prevent him from extinguishing the fire before to strike him twice with his hand on his helmet.
“It’s enough ! Shame on the savagery, incomprehensible this new aggression vis-à-vis the firefighters of Paris in the exercise of their functions, to protect the people, the property of the City and the smooth running of the demonstration”, tweeted the firefighters -Paris firefighters
“The Prefect of Police strongly condemns the scandalous attack suffered by the @PompiersParis of the @prefpolice who intervened on a fire at the corner of rue Alexandre-Dumas and boulevard Voltaire”, reacted for its part the prefecture of police.
“One of our military colleagues from @PompiersParis has just been hit by a demonstrator, and preventing the rescue unit engaged from putting out the fire to protect residents and property. Let him be spotted and punished”, asked the president of the national federation of firefighters of France, Grégory Allione.
The Parisian demonstration on May 1 was marred throughout the course by clashes between thugs and the police, damage to street furniture, burning of garbage cans and the ransacking of dozens of bank signs, real estate agencies and insurance companies.
