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Woman pushed down the stairs of the metro in Paris: the alleged perpetrator arrested

2021-04-18T15:44:53.479Z


Video of the incident, posted on Twitter, shows a woman falling down the stairs of the subway after being pushed in the back by a


Suspected of having pushed a woman down the stairs of the metro in Paris, a man was arrested this Sunday at the end of the morning in a Roma camp in the town of Osny (Val-d'Oise), according to our information.

This arrest comes two days after the events at Porte de la Chapelle in Paris (18th century) and whose images were shared on social networks.

The video of the incident, posted on Twitter, had provoked strong reactions.

Until Marlène Schiappa who denounced Saturday “inadmissible facts”.

The Minister for Citizenship had indicated that she had also reported these facts to the Paris police headquarters, giving "all her support to the victim".

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"The police ensuring security in transport arrested the author of the assault on a woman in La Chapelle, following her complaint", congratulated Marlène Schiappa on Twitter on Sunday.

“Thank you to the agents, met this week, for their great efficiency!

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The police officers ensuring security in transport arrested this morning the author of the assault of a woman in #LaChapelle, following his complaint yesterday.



Thank you to the agents, met this week, for their great efficiency! @GDarmanin @PrefPolice https://t.co/DkuZiSRipr https://t.co/l68tKMdNqE

- 🇫🇷 MarleneSchiappa (@MarleneSchiappa) April 18, 2021

For its part, the Paris police headquarters had indicated on Saturday that an investigation had "been opened and entrusted to the local police station" and had invited "the victim to come and file a complaint with the services of the @prefpolice".

Bruises and pain in the wrist and ankle

According to a police source, the latter presented himself in the evening to the Regional Transport Security (SRT) in order to file a complaint for willful violence.

She traces the event back to the day before, Friday.

In the morning, the victim said he had borrowed a phone from an acquaintance, before receiving a call from a third party claiming to be the owner of the device and wanting to recover it.

An appointment would therefore have been made the same evening, at 7:30 p.m., at the Porte de la Chapelle metro station.

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The rest is visible on the video. In these images, we can see the woman throwing the phone to the ground, banging her interlocutor on the arm, before he pushes her down the stairs. According to the story of the victim of which the Parisian was aware, his attacker would very quickly get angry and would have uttered threats, before giving him a shoulder. It was this gesture that would have prompted this woman to throw the phone away. The victim, in shock, presented numerous bruises and various pains in the wrist, left ankle and shoulders.

Source: leparis

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