Seriously injured on December 8 in Marseille, on the sidelines of a demonstration of "yellow vests", Maria, 19, had to undergo a cranial intervention. She now accuses the police of "attempted homicide".

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At the end of the fourth Saturday of mobilization of "yellow vests", December 8, Maria, a 19-year-old girl, said to have been hit by police. Seriously injured, the girl finally filed a complaint this week for "attempted homicide".

Maria was assaulted by police at the end of the day, when she had just left the store where she works as a saleswoman. "I did not even have time to run that I got a flash-ball in my right leg, I fell, I wanted to get up and I kicked myself in the head. broke my skull, "says the girl to Europe 1." I felt the bludgeon in my mouth, that's where they broke a tooth ".

"I do not even know how much they were on me"

In Mediapart, the girl had confessed to have burst in the street firecrackers bought "to use them a football game night" , about ten minutes before wiping "the police load". "I still wanted to get up but I felt blood all over my head, I hit my face and my legs, I could not get up, I do not even know how much they were on I did not even see around me any more, "continues Maria to Europe 1.

Multiple injuries to the skull and face

Transported by firefighters to the Timone hospital, Maria was operated on by a neurosurgeon. At the time, a picture of severe head injuries was posted on social media, reporting head trauma and brain contusions. "I had a cranio-facial fracture, a blue on the brain and edema right behind the ear," says Maria today.

Touched by a LBD40 shot, Maria, 19, collapsed and was then violently clubbed and kicked to the head. She had the skull fractured and her brain affected. Police are also accused of "non-assistance to person in danger" https://t.co/5dYKYvMvhJpic.twitter.com/yeHGXoHEys

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"I took four months off work, and a fifth because I could not go back," she says. "Since I left the hospital, either I have nightmares or I'm not sleeping anymore." She says, however, that she feels better since she managed to get back to work, "even if the job just hides pain."