Illustration of police officers on duty near Lyon. - E. Frisullo / 20 Minutes

Was he drugged to the point that he no longer knew what he was doing? At the end of the morning Sunday, a man was arrested in Villeurbanne, near Lyon, suspected of having committed violence on passers-by.

According to police, who communicate on Wednesday on this case, the suspect in his thirties, living in Feyzin, would have beaten pedestrians with a belt and have threatened them with death. One of the bystanders, injured, was prescribed a two-day ITT.

Judged mid-August

The man, already known to justice for a dozen criminal histories, was taken to the emergency room of the Edouard-Herriot hospital for examination. He would then have explained not remembering anything and having ingested an unknown substance supplied by one of his acquaintances, adds the safety of the Rhône.

Presented to the prosecution on Tuesday, he was left free pending trial, scheduled for August 18 before the Criminal Court of Lyon.

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