Marseille: Mayor Benoît Payan "Threatened with Death for Eating a Couscous"

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Filmed at the Kouss-Kouss festival, the Mayor of Marseille was the target of many offensive comments on social networks.

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Lelu, who took part in a culinary festival in Marseille honouring couscous, was the target of several hate messages.

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On the occasion of a culinary festival Kouskous in Marseille, this weekend of 6 and 7 September, the Mayor of Marseille (DVG) Benoît Payan, shared a couscous with the Marseilles in the city centre. A threat video showing violent images has since been circulating on social networks. The column reacts supported by France Insoumise.

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The mayor of Marseille, Benoît Payan, threatened with death on social networks after sharing a meal at the Kouss-Kouss festival has received many support from civil society as well as the political world. Death threats and insults of all kinds continue and intensify but they will not stop. Marseille and the [...]

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Benoît Payan filed a complaint against X on Monday, September 8, 2025 after receiving several death threats and hateful comments posted on social networks, notably under a video where the various left mayor of Marseilles eats a couscous.

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The mayor of Marseille, Benoît Payan, receives death threats after sharing a couscous at a festival, sparking a wave of support.