He was picked up by firefighters and taken to hospital with a broken nose and bloody face.

The violent aggression of an SNCF controller, Monday evening, in Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes), in a TER which joined Draguignan, triggered a right of withdrawal of the agents, this Tuesday morning, indicated to

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the regional direction of the railway company, confirming information from

Nice-Matin

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"Without a word, he gives me a violent whim": the controller assaulted at Cannes-La Bocca testifies https://t.co/NUgCDYPU7Z pic.twitter.com/Ah3lJEk7Gr

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This movement caused some traffic disruption on the Les Arcs-Nice-Ventimiglia axis for part of the morning, before an agreement was reached with the SNCF.

" Lack of means "

The assault took place around 9:20 p.m., at Cannes-La-Bocca station, to the west of the city.

The victim had his nose broken and filed a complaint.

According to the regional daily, which collected his testimony, it was the same individual without a ticket who had "already attacked him on May 16" who headbutted him, "without a word, for free", "before to escape ".

“There are fewer and fewer controllers and railway security officers on the trains.

Fraudsters feel unpunished,” he added.



His colleagues therefore used their right of withdrawal, the CGT denouncing a “real lack of means” for securing trains.

Discussions between management and the social partners conducted this Tuesday morning led to "an agreement" around a "strengthening of presence", indicated to the SNCF, allowing a return to normal.

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