An investigation was opened in Strasbourg after the complaint filed by a student who claims to have been beaten and insulted in the street in Strasbourg by three men on the grounds that she was wearing a skirt, police said on Tuesday (September 22).
"
A complaint was lodged at the Strasbourg central police station (Sunday) by a young woman who recounted an assault on her person
" Friday around 2:00 p.m. "
by three individuals who accused her of wearing a skirt
", said in a statement the Bas-Rhin departmental public security directorate (DDSP).
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According to the DDSP, the assault took place "
quai des Alpes
", a frequented place on the edge of the city center.
An investigation was opened "
for violence committed in a meeting followed by an incapacity not exceeding 8 days
", specifies the press release, according to which the police are "
currently collecting testimonies and exploiting video protection images
".
The young woman, a 22-year-old Strasbourg student named Élisabeth, detailed her assault to
France Bleu Alsace
.
She was returning home on foot when she met three young men: one of them "
said to me 'look at this bitch in a skirt",
"she explains in a video broadcast Tuesday on the radio website and in which we can clearly see his swollen right eye.
Élisabeth gives a "
forgiveness?"
»But immediately hears himself answer:«
you shut up bitch and you lower your eyes
».
Two of his attackers then each grab an arm while the third punches him in the face, before the trio flees, according to the young woman.
According to her, about fifteen witnesses attended the scene but none helped her or called for help.
Elisabeth posted photos of her face on social media after the assault, prompting many indignant reactions.
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All forms of gender-based and sexual violence in public space are inadmissible and I strongly condemn them
," responded the Minister for Gender Equality, Élisabeth Moreno, saying that she asked the Interior Ministry to take action. of this case.
Mayor EELV of Strasbourg, Jeanne Barseghian praised the "
incredible courage
" of the young woman for having "
spoken publicly
".
“
I have the feeling that we are still in the Middle Ages on these questions,
” she added.
On Twitter, the centrist MEP and former mayor of Strasbourg, Fabienne Keller, said she was "
shocked by these revolting acts which are multiplying in alarming proportions
".
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