Tomatoes Thrown At French President On First Appearance After Re-Election

Thursday, 28 April 2022newsdesk

French President Emmanuel Macron was greeted with tomatoes during his first appearance in public since his re-election on Sunday. Mr Macron was greeting the French people following his convincing victory in the presidential election when someone from the crowd hurled tomatoes at him.

New Delhi, 28 April 2022

As per news report of NDTV, The tomatoes, however, missed the president. A video on Twitter showed Mr Macron, surrounded by his security, accepting greetings from his supporters when tomatoes were thrown at him. The tomatoes missed the French president and, instead, hit one of his security guards, who shouted “projectile”. The security officials immediately covered Mr Macron from all directions and then one of them unfolded a special umbrella to shield him from above. The incident triggered a brief commotion as security officials appeared to convince Mr Macron to move to a safer place. In the footage, we can see Mr Macron leaving the location after the incident.

Source -NDTV