Neo-Nazi Gets 10 Years in Attempt to Kill Chirac
From Times Wire Reports
A court sentenced a French neo-Nazi to 10 years in prison for trying to shoot President Jacques Chirac during a Bastille Day parade in 2002.
Maxime Brunerie fired a rifle as Chirac passed him at the start of the parade July 14 on Paris’ Champs-Elysees.
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