Three men were indicted, including two for aggravated violence, after the assault on Sunday in a laundromat in Soisy-sous-Montmorency (Val-d'Oise) of a man who had asked another customer to respect the port of the mask, said the parquet floor of Pontoise this Friday, August 7.
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Two brothers, aged 23 and 27, were indicted Thursday evening for aggravated violence and placed in pre-trial detention, the prosecution said. Their uncle, 51, was indicted for non-assistance to a person in danger, and placed under judicial control, added this source, specifying that the defendants are of Pakistani origin. " The investigations are continuing with a view to apprehending the two co-authors (of the blows) currently sought, " she said.
Judicial information, entrusted to an investigating judge, was also opened Thursday, according to this source. Two of the suspects had surrendered themselves Wednesday to the police station of Enghien-les-Bains (Val-d'Oise), in charge of the investigation. A first man had been arrested the day before.
The victim suffers from a head trauma
The assault took place around 4:45 p.m. on Sunday in a laundromat located in a popular district of Soisy-sous-Montmorency, according to the complaint consulted by AFP. “ I was folding my clothes to put them in a bag. I asked the gentleman to wear the mask. It is written that it is compulsory and it is the law ”, had explained to AFP the victim, a man of 44 years, who was accompanied by his two children of five and seven years. “ He told me 'I do what I want', ” he continued.
The instructions for wearing a mask, compulsory in closed places to limit the spread of the coronavirus, are displayed in the laundromat. After a heated verbal altercation, the unmasked young man left the laundry before returning with reinforcements, according to the complainant. Two men then hit the victim with a stick, two others with their bare hands, according to CCTV footage viewed by AFP. The punitive expedition, which only lasted a few seconds, continued once the victim was on the ground, according to these images.
The father is suffering from a head trauma with a wound, bruises and lower back pain, according to the medical report. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin reacted to this attack, denouncing “ unbearable ” images .
