Griezmann, Sy: emotion after the violent beating of a teenager in Paris
French actor Omar Sy's reaction to the beating of young Yuriy in Paris on January 15, 2021. © Twitter @OmarSy
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Several French celebrities including international footballer Antoine Griezmann and actor Omar Sy were moved this Saturday January 23 by the fate of a 15-year-old teenager, severely beaten on January 15 in Paris and still hospitalized in serious condition.
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Antoine Griezmann and Omar Sy in particular reacted to a video very shared on social networks where it sparked outrage.
Yuriy's family have confirmed that they were the ones in which the young boy was assaulted on January 15, showing a dozen young people in sports gear and hooded jackets kicking and bat or sticking a person lying on the ground on a square lit by streetlights, before abandoning him lying there.
“
Unbearable images.
Force yourself Yuriy and get well
, ”Antoine Griezmann tweeted on Saturday.
Unbearable images 😤.
Force yourself Yuriy and get well.
- Antoine Griezmann (@AntoGriezmann) January 23, 2021
"
Good recovery to you Yuriy, I think of you and yours
", for his part wrote Omar Sy on the social network.
Good recovery to you Yuriy, I think about you and yours.
🙏🏿❤️ https://t.co/0tMksheHEV
- Omar Sy (@OmarSy) January 23, 2021
“
Images as violent as they are unbearable
.
By a fucking bunch of cowards!
All my support for Yuriy and his family, ”swimmer Amaury Leveaux tweeted.
Images as violent as they are unbearable.
By a fucking bunch of cowards!
🙏🙏🙏 all my support for #Yuriy and his family ..
🥺🥺🥺
- Amaury Leveaux (@ALeveaux) January 23, 2021
An emotion shared on social networks by political leaders of all stripes, from the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo to the president of the Ile-de-Franc region, Valérie Pécresse, via Marine Le Pen, president of the RN or Clémentine Autain of rebellious France.
"
An attack of incredible savagery
", a "
filthy act
", for its part denounced, still on Twitter, the Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin, while an investigation for "
attempted murder in a meeting
" has been opened.
An attack of incredible savagery.
Support for the young boy and his family.
The investigation should shed light on the facts and challenge the perpetrators of this foul act.
https://t.co/5RE51fReaF
- Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) January 23, 2021
"
Will he remember us
"
“
Yuriy is better, he starts to wake up, to want to talk to us, to move, and that's a very good sign
, his mother, Nataliya Kruchenyk said on Saturday, interviewed by BFMTV in front of the Necker hospital.
Yuriy had a broken nose, arm, shoulders, ribs and fingers.
But above all he had his skull broken in several places.
He had surgery for over six hours, he was in a coma for over a week.
"
"
The prognosis is quite encouraging as he has started moving his arms and hands so he won't be paralyzed,
" she explained.
Now we don't know how we're going to find him.
Will he remember us, be able to talk, work, play football, like before?
Nobody can tell because it is too early
.
"
Don't be "
afraid to speak
"
According to her, her son was with a group of friends after leaving college near the Beaugrenelle shopping center, a business district in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, well-off and reputedly peaceful, when they were "
surprised by a bunch of young people from who knows where
”.
Witnesses spoke of a brawl between rival gangs, without being able to say whether or not the victim was part of one of them.
His mother found Yuriy "
in horrible condition
" in the fire engine that came to rescue him. "
It hurts very, very badly when you see your child begging you not to let him die,
" she told BFMTV.
"
The police headquarters are increasing the number of patrols and trying to find the perpetrators in an extremely active way
", for his part declared on BFMTV the mayor (LR) of the 15th arrondissement, Philippe Goujon, calling on witnesses not to be "
afraid of talk and say what they saw
”.
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