A 56-year-old man is brain dead after being beaten Sunday night at the Nancy station by a group of young people, including three minors who were arrested, was learned Monday from concordant sources. "A group of half a dozen young people attacked for a reason unexplained a man, born in 1962," said the prosecutor in Nancy, François Pérain. This is a man "in great precariousness," "supported by the social hotel (accommodation for people in financial and social difficulties, Ed)," he said.
A bicycle thrown at the victim
A first scene of violence took place in the station, then on the forecourt, where a bicycle was launched in the direction of the fifties. According to a police source, the young people bothered the victim, then dropped him on the ground and beat him in the head. The man, taken care of by firefighters, was declared brain dead. Three of the suspects, two of whom are Kosovar and Turkish nationals, were arrested and placed in police custody. Two are 14 years old and the third is 15 years old. They are housed in a juvenile home, according to the police source.
"The role held by each of the detainees in the fact-finding is to be determined," added François Pérain, adding that an investigating judge would be seized Tuesday. Four other attackers fled, according to the police source. Police and rescue were alerted around 10 pm for an assault at Nancy station. The exploitation of the video surveillance is in progress and the departmental security of Nancy, in charge of the investigation, launched a call to witnesses, according to the prosecutor.