French LGBTQ activist hospitalised after homophobic attack
By The BriefBrief
Pierre Picave, a French police officer and head of an LGBTQ rights association, was hospitalised after a nighttime attack in the Marais district of central Paris, prosecutors said. Paris Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire condemned the “despicable homophobic attack,” and the suspected attacker was taken into custody.
WHO:Pierre Picave; Paris Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire; prosecutors
WHAT:Pierre Picave was hospitalised after a homophobic attack; a suspected attacker was taken into custody.
WHEN:Aug 30, 2026
WHERE:Paris, France
WHY:The attack was described as a homophobic attack.
