Manon Aubry says Marine Le Pen has blood on her hands after the Trappes attack
Manon AubryLa France insoumise member of the European Parliament, in posts on X and Bluesky
In posts on X and Bluesky three days after the attack, the La France insoumise MEP says Marine Le Pen has blood on her hands, says RN material was found in the investigation into the suspect, and warns that millions of people would be in mortal danger if Le Pen took power.
“Marine Le Pen has blood on her hands after the racist attack in Trappes. RN party material was found by the investigation into the suspect. If she takes power, millions of our fellow citizens will be in mortal danger. (Translated from French. Original: Marine Le Pen a du sang sur les mains après l'attentat raciste de Trappes. Du matériel militant du RN a été retrouvé par l'enquête visant le suspect. Si elle prend le pouvoir, des millions de concitoyens vont être en danger de mort.)”
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Trappes mayor Ali Rabeh says Rassemblement national leaders bear responsibility for the racist attack in his town; RN officials reject the accusation
On October 23, 2026, a gunman shot at passers-by in Trappes and neighboring La Verrière, west of Paris, killing Pengo Bossio Wangi, a 26-year-old Black Frenchman, and wounding seven people, including a 12-year-old girl. France's national anti-terrorism prosecutor's office opened an investigation for murder in connection with a terrorist enterprise, with the aggravating circumstance that the victims were targeted for their real or supposed race, ethnicity, nation or religion. According to anti-terrorism prosecutor Olivier Christen, the suspect, charged on October 29, admitted specifically targeting people he took to be Muslim, African or North African and chose Trappes because he saw it as a den of Islamists. Stickers praising the Rassemblement national (RN) were found at his home; he told investigators he was not a member or supporter of any party. Trappes mayor Ali Rabeh called the shooting a racist and probably Islamophobic attack and said that speeches blaming the country's ills on Arab Muslims kill. In an open letter on October 26 he wrote that Jordan Bardella and his party had placed a target on the back of every resident of Trappes, and at a rally in the town on October 30 he said RN leaders bear direct responsibility for the attacker's act, citing Bardella's description of Trappes as an Islamic republic in miniature. RN officials rejected the accusation. Sébastien Chenu, president of the RN group in the National Assembly, stood by Bardella's words and called Trappes a hotbed of jihadists; spokesperson Julien Odoul called the accusations delirious; and deputy Laure Lavalette said the RN is totally innocent of the tragedy. On November 10 Bardella said left-wing and far-left leaders, naming the mayor of Trappes and Jean-Luc Mélenchon, were putting fatwas and targets on the backs of political figures.
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Post by La France insoumise MEP Manon Aubry three days after the Trappes attack, after Le Monde reported that RN leaflets had been found in the suspect's car.
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The same text as Manon Aubry's post on X, published on her Bluesky account a minute later.
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franceinfo report on the RN's defamation suit against Le Monde over its report, later corrected, that RN leaflets had been found in the Trappes suspect's car, and on the left-wing politicians who had repeated it, including Manon Aubry.
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Earlier on October 26, Le Monde reported, citing an anonymous source, that RN leaflets had been found in the suspect's car. That evening the national anti-terrorism prosecutor said no political party leaflet had been found in the vehicle, and Le Monde amended its article. The RN announced a defamation suit against the newspaper the next day.
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Several left-wing figures who had repeated Le Monde's report deleted their posts, including Socialist leader Olivier Faure; franceinfo reported on October 27 that Aubry's post was still online. When the suspect was charged on October 29, the prosecutor said stickers praising the RN had been found at his home and that he had told investigators he was not a member or supporter of any party.
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The reference point is the public rhetoric of Rassemblement national leaders and other far-right politicians about Trappes, Muslims and immigrants, which Trappes mayor Ali Rabeh holds responsible for the October 23, 2026 racist attack in Trappes and La Verrière. Aubry holds Marine Le Pen responsible for the attack and warns of the danger her coming to power would pose, which condemns the RN leader and her party's role.
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Read the full caseRN spokesperson Andréa Kotarac says Marine Tondelier shames herself by blaming the RN for the Trappes attack and announces legal action
“By directly accusing @RNational_off of the racist attack in #Trappes, Ms. Tondelier is covering herself in shame. I am informing you that we are bringing legal proceedings against this person and her fake news. (Translated from French. Original: En accusant directement le @RNational_off de l'attentat raciste de #Trappes, Madame Tondelier se couvre de honte. Je vous informe que nous engageons une procédure judiciaire contre cette personne et ses fakenews.)”Read statement
Marine Tondelier says the RN should explain itself rather than sue her over her remarks on the Trappes attack
“It is up to the Rassemblement national to explain itself rather than to take me to court ... They must draw the consequences (Translated from French. Original: C'est au Rassemblement national de s'expliquer plutôt que de m'attaquer en justice ... Il faut qu'ils en tirent les conséquences)”Read statement
Ali Rabeh says words always come before acts and that RN rhetoric about Trappes has not stopped since the attack
“Words always come before acts ... We cannot let our public debate be rotted by extremely violent words (Translated from French. Original: Les mots précèdent toujours les actes ... Nous ne pouvons pas laisser notre débat public pourri par des mots extrêmement violents)”Read statement
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