The police launched a call for witnesses Monday March 1 to try to determine the circumstances of the violent assault of a photo-journalist of the regional daily L'Union in a priority district of Reims on Saturday, the perpetrators of which were not arrested .
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Saturday February 27 between 3 pm and 3.10 pm, a person was violently assaulted rue Jean-Louis-Debar, near the Red Cross media library.
An investigation has been opened to determine the circumstances of this attack,
”indicates this call for witnesses, according to the communication from the departmental security, confirming information from the Union.
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Any witness having information likely to help the investigators is invited to contact the Reims police station
", on 03 26 61 44 00, a number accessible 24 hours a day, continues the call.
The investigation, opened for attempted murder, "
is still ongoing
" and there was no arrest at this stage, we told departmental security.
Christian Lantenois, 65, was assaulted on Saturday afternoon while covering groups of young people in the Red Cross district.
Monday, he remained "
in critical condition, but stable
", in the intensive care unit of the University Hospital of Reims, according to his daily.
The photo-journalist spontaneously went to the scene to accompany a colleague, alerted to a possible brawl, according to the newspaper's editor-in-chief.
He had stayed behind his colleague, in his car flocked with the newspaper's logo.
He was found around 3:30 p.m. near the vehicle, on the sidelines of the crowds, "
on the ground
" and bleeding "
at the level of the ears
", according to the prefect of Marne, Pierre N'Gahane.
The prefect went to the scene of the attack on Monday morning, accompanied by the commissioner in charge of the investigation, noted an AFP photographer.
This aggression sparked indignant reactions right up to the top of the state, Emmanuel Macron expressing the wish that its authors be "
arrested as soon as possible
".
