A former French conservative presidential candidate, ecology ex-minister Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet was attacked in Paris, RIA Novosti reported quoting BFMTV.

During the attack, she was holding election campaign. An unknown man approached her, insulted and tried to hit.

The woman fell to the ground and hit her head, she was unconscious several minutes and was later hospitalized. The attacker fled the site.