Photo Credit: Facebook
French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen of the far right National Front party.

UPDATE: The 86-year-old politician Jean-Marie Le Pen was injured on his face after a fire broke out in his apartment, near Paris.

The bottom house of the floor was ruined, and Le Pen was injured when he fell escaping the fire with his wife Jany Pachos.

Advertisement




A report from the International Business Times states that Le Pen is not seriously wounded and that there was no gun shot.

Initial reports from France had incorrectly stated that the far right French politician and five-times presidential hopeful Jean-Marie Le Pen was shot and that his house was set on fire.

This story will be updated as additional reports come in.

Advertisement

SHARE
Previous articleDid Apple Sell Out Its Clients in China and Abroad?
Next articleEgypt Marks Anti-Mubarak Uprising by Freeing his Sons and Killing 20
Lori Lowenthal Marcus is a contributor to the JewishPress.com. A graduate of Harvard Law School, she previously practiced First Amendment law and taught in Philadelphia-area graduate and law schools. You can reach her by email: [email protected]