With the increase in cases of Covid-19, the wearing of a mask is increasingly required in public spaces. It is compulsory in public transport, but this measure is not always respected and sometimes causes tension or even violence, as in Bayonne, where a bus driver was killed in July.
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An abused bus driver
This week, two attacks of the same type took place in Seine-Saint-Denis, a few hours apart, in RATP buses. Each time the same reason for tension: non-compliance with wearing a mask. In Saint-Ouen, a bus driver was injured in the chest, assaulted by a man whom he asked to put on a mask. It took the intervention of other passengers to stop the attack.
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A nurse hit
The same day, in Neuilly-sur-Marne, a woman was struck by two 16-year-old adolescents in a bus from line 203. The victim, a nurse at the hospital, and therefore necessarily sensitive to barrier gestures, had just them asked to wear a mask. She was kicked and punched, suffered wounds and bruises, and was issued five days of ITT.
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Bus cameras captured the assault and city cameras followed the suspects who were arrested in the process. They are two 16-year-old boys who, after 48 hours in police custody, were brought before a children's judge on Thursday. The Bobigny public prosecutor's office requested their indictment for "aggravated violence" and requested their placement in pre-trial detention.