Man who tried to kill Chirac freed
Updated on 22 August 2009
A French far-right activist has been released from prison seven years after attempting to assassinate then-President Jacques Chirac in a Bastille Day attack.
Maxime Brunerie was convicted of attempted murder after he pulled a rifle from a guitar case and shot at Mr Chirac on July 14, 2002.
The attack took place during a military parade on Paris's famed Champs-Elysees avenue.
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