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Chaos as French Secret Service rush to protect President Emmanuel Macron with £8000 umbrella after he’s pelted with tomatoes following his re-election (video)
French President, Emmanuel Macron had a security scare on Wednesday, April 27 as he was pelted with tomatoes and a protester tried doing a physique slam on him, merely days after was re-elected.
Macron was at a small market northwest of Paris, when points turned rowdy and some protesters started pelting tomatoes at him, nevertheless the French Secret Service protected him using £8,000 Kevlar bullet proof umbrellas.
A trending video reveals Macron try and calm the boisterous crowd as a result of the Secret Service try and protect him whereas a woman screams throughout the melee.
Macron, 44, appeared oblivious to the near-miss until any person throughout the crowd shouted ‘projectile’ and the important thing service immediately shielded him with a specific umbrella – known as the paraPactum – which will stand as much as assaults by knives, acids canine and bullets.
One different snippet of video, shot from a particular angle merely after the tomatoes have been thrown, confirmed an individual clambering onto a desk or one different object and attempting to physique slam within the course of the route of Macron.
It was Macron’s first public look since his re-election victory over far-right candidate Marine Le Pen on Sunday April 24.
Watch the video beneath.
Macron’s tomatoes. pic.twitter.com/2rkHHMwGnJ
— RadioGenova (@RadioGenova) April 27, 2022
