French Moroccan member of the parliament Mj’id El Guerrab sent a member of the Socialist Party (PS) in France to hospital on Wednesday following an altercation, French media outlet Marianne reported, reports Morocco World News.
The news website stated that El Guerrab hit Boris Faure, a PS member, with his motorcycle helmet after a verbal argument.
The incident happened in rue Broca in the fifth district in Paris. Marianne said police are used to quieter days in the area, but on Wednesday they were witness of a brawl between El Guerrab and Faure and had to intervene.
Marianne said that during the brawl, El Guerrab hit the socialist politician twice with his helmet on the side of the head and that Faure was taken to hospital afterwards.
PS issued a statement on Thursday denouncing the assault on its member, adding that he had to go through surgery following the incident.
The French media outlet revealed the two men have had a tense relationship, as El Guerrab was a member of PS before joining En Marche, the political movement founded by the French president François Macron.
During the last French general elections in June, in which El Guerrab won a parliamentary seat representing French nationals residing in North and West Africa, Faure was the head of campaign of El Guerrab’s socialist rival Didier Le Bret. At the time, he published an article attacking the French Moroccan politician and calling him an “opportunist.”