Illustration of two young women in a high school in the south of France. - SIPA

A Breton high school student of Asian origin was attacked by a man near her school in Auray, we learned on Saturday. The information of this attack against the background of the coronavirus health crisis was revealed in a French intelligence note published by Le Point .

According to the weekly, the 16-year-old schoolgirl was the victim of racist insults from a man who allegedly accused China of "bringing back the corona virus" and the Chinese "of eating n 'whatever'.

According to Le Télégramme , the young woman of Vietnamese origin was also slapped by her attacker. She filed a complaint the same evening and was prescribed seven days of ITT.

According to French intelligence, the facts date back to February 5. Ten days before the death of the first coronavirus patient on French soil. And three weeks before the appearance of the first cases of coronavirus in Brittany, where four people were infected.

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