Marseille: a police officer attacked in hospital “for his uniform”. The agent, who came to guard duty at the North Hospital, was violently attacked by a man who recognized his uniform.
The official was injured in the eye and the attacker taken into police custody. The officer was punched and kicked several times, with the attacker trying to knock him down, and was saved by the intervention of firefighters and medics who helped to subdue the individual. When questioned, the accused simply indicated that he had attacked the police officer ‘for his uniforms’