“A lady snatched my sail to me and threw it on the ground. Then pushed me on the ground ”. This is the testimony of this woman who says she was attacked last Sunday at a tram stop in downtown Lyon (Rhône). Posted on X, his story aims to find witnesses, writes Progresswhich reports the facts, confirmed by the prosecution. An investigation was opened for aggravated violence and entrusted to the Interdepartmental Directorate of the National Police (DIPN).
🚨 Call for witnesses – Today, around 7:30 p.m., a woman of Maghreb origin was pulled out the veil and was pushed to the ground, opposite the T1 stop, in front of the trade “Class & Kebab”, located opposite the Part -Dieu shopping center in Lyon.
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“The investigations are underway to identify the author of the facts” who fled, confirms the Lyon prosecutor’s office in the Parisian.
“I was afraid, I was crying”
Last Sunday, this language student, Muslim and carrier of the veil, was attacked at the tram stop on the T1 line in front of the Lyon-Part-Dieu Gare shopping center. “There were witnesses of the incident but I did not have time to contact them because of the shock.”
According to his testimony to BFM Lyonthe aggressor, aged thirty years shouted and threatened: “I will burn the kebabier and beat up the Turks”. What shock the student who filed a complaint on Monday: “I was afraid, I was crying, I did not expect it, it really shocked me”.
