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French candidate Valls lightly slapped during campaign stop
PARIS – Former French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has been seen getting lightly slapped on the chin by a young man during a presidential campaign stop in the western region of Brittany.
A video posted on the website of local newspaper Le Telegramme Tuesday showed Valls emerging from a building to applause from a small group of people in the city of Lamballe.
Valls walks toward the crowd shaking hands. At one point, a young man wearing a purple sweatshirt is seen shaking the Socialist candidate’s hand and then with the same hand, giving Valls a small slap on the lower face.
A bodyguard at the candidate’s side immediately clamped the man to the ground.
Valls resigned as prime minister last month to run in this month’s Socialist presidential primary.
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