The two 16-year-old teenagers suspected of hitting a nurse who asked them to put on a mask on Tuesday in a bus in Neuilly-sur-Marne (Seine-Saint-Denis) were presented to a children's judge on Thursday after two days custody, we learned from the Bobigny prosecutor's office. The prosecution requested their indictment for aggravated violence and requested their placement in pre-trial detention.
According to a source close to the investigation, they slapped and kicked the victim. One of them has a criminal record for extortion and violence. With "many superficial wounds and contusions", the nurse refused to be taken care of by the firefighters. He was prescribed five days of total incapacity for work (ITT).
Attacks on the rise
The alleged attackers were unaware of the profession exercised by this passenger, according to the source close to the investigation. “The vocation of a caregiver does not stop at the doors of a hospital or a practice. It is precious. It’s generous. It protects us all. Shame and anger that it can reap in return this cowardly and infamous violence. Support and affection for this nurse ”, tweeted the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran.
The vocation of a caregiver does not stop at the doors of a hospital or a practice. It is precious. It’s generous. It protects us all. Shame and anger that it can reap in return this cowardly and infamous violence. Support and affection for this nurse. https://t.co/R0rhFCO1Nr
- Olivier Véran (@olivierveran) August 13, 2020In recent weeks, attacks related to non-compliance with the compulsory wearing of a mask have multiplied, especially in transport. On July 10, Philippe Monguillot, bus driver in Bayonne, died after being badly beaten and seriously injured in the head. He had wanted to check one person's ticket and had demanded that three other passengers wear masks.
"Unbearable" images
On July 31, a minor suspected of having hit an Orléans bus driver was indicted for “violence against a person charged with a public service mission”. The day before, a fight had broken out in a Dijon tram between users and a tram driver who had asked them to wear a mask.
Friday, in Val-d'Oise, three men were also indicted, including two for aggravated violence, after the assault with sticks in a laundromat in Soisy-sous-Montmorency (Val-d'Oise) of a man who had asked another client to respect the wearing of a mask. The assault was filmed by CCTV cameras, and the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin had denounced the "unbearable" images.
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Seine-Saint-Denis: A nurse attacked in a bus for asking two teenagers to wear a mask
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