"A man was taken into custody at 5.15 pm," said the Bobigny prosecutor's office on Monday evening.
The 24-year-old is believed to be the man behind the wheel of a car who forced two elderly people to run alongside the vehicle holding them, before letting them go and falling to the ground, in a street in Noisy-le-Sec.
The assaults were filmed and broadcast on social networks.
Made this Sunday, the video went viral on Monday.
Thousands of comments condemning it, and threatening the driver and his passengers, quickly multiplied.
Entitled "Mad laughter of the evening" and punctuated by many emojis crying with laughter, this video shows a motorist grabbing a passerby by the clothes, forcing the latter to run beside the vehicle until it collapses on bitumen.
Two men are thus attacked by the motorist.
We hear the second imploring him to stop.
"Stop your bullshit," he repeats, hanging on to the door, the window of which is fully lowered.
The victim, who seems to be in his sixties, has difficulty keeping pace, for several meters.
"Stop, I'm going to fall," he finally blurted out.
We see him fall on the road.
Horrified!
Rascals have fun dragging their car, old people for several meters.
The last will fall heavily.
All under their fat and amused laughter.
Hoping that the @PoliceNationale will take up this case, if it has not already done so.
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- MEHDI AÏFA (@Mehdi_Aifa_AJR) January 9, 2022
"A victim lodged a complaint," said a police source.
"She is 64 years old," said the Bobigny prosecutor's office.
She was injured in her fall and suffers "from a broken shoulder and a foot", continues the magistrate.
The suspects would have arrested his victims by asking them for a cigarette
An investigation is underway for "willful violence", specifies the Bobigny prosecutor's office.
According to the first elements, the motorist calls out to his victims by "asking them for a cigarette".
Thus, they approach the car and the driver can grab them.
The driver is clearly visible and recognizable.
At no time does he hide his face, not even while wearing a surgical mask.
The man is hilarious.
Unless one passenger is seated in the car.
We hear more snickers and a voice ascertained that the first victim has fallen.
The motorist was actively wanted.
His accomplices still are.
The video was first broadcast via Telegram instant messaging, before it flooded the web and other social networks.
