French President Emmanuel Macron. [Courtesy]French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped in the face on Tuesday by a man in a crowd of onlookers while on a walkabout in southern France, video of the incident showed. Macron's security entourage quickly intervened to pull the man to the ground and move Macron away from him. The French president reached out his hand to greet one man, in a green T-Shirt, with glasses and a face mask. The identify of the man who slapped Macron, and his motives, were unclear.

Source: Standard Digital June 08, 2021 13:07 UTC