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PARIS (AP) — French Prime minister Edouard Philippe said physical assault must be "strongly condemned" after a lawmaker hit another politician with a motorcycle helmet in a violent fight.
Philippe called Sunday on M'jid El Guerrab, a member of French President Emmanuel Macron's party, to "draw the consequences" of his actions.
El Guerrab was charged on Saturday night with "intentional violence with a weapon," in that case the helmet, after a fight he had Wednesday with Socialist Party official Boris Faure.
Faure has been treated for a severe head injury and left hospital Saturday, his lawyer Patrick Klugman said.
El Guerrab acknowledged on his Facebook page he had a verbal and physical altercation with Faure and said they were on bad terms since the electoral campaign for legislative elections in June.
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