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Dragged by a car in Noisy-le-Sec, Ali, 68, ensures that he was offered 1000 euros so that he withdrew his complaint

2022-01-13T06:40:45.747Z


Suffering, among other things, from a fractured shoulder and foot, the retiree hopes that his attackers will be "punished" although he now fears "reprisals". Judicial information must be opened this Thursday by the Bobigny prosecutor's office.


Going viral on social networks, a video entitled

"The laughter of the evening"

shows a 68-year-old man being dragged by a car in Noisy-le-Sec on the evening of January 8 to 9.

It was quickly reported on the Pharos platform, leading the Paris police headquarters to open an investigation.

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In this short sequence of around 30 seconds, a motorist grabs and successively drags two pedestrians until they fall violently to the ground.

Despite the pleas of the second victim, the driver and his two passengers burst into laughter as one of them films the scene.

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Quickly identified by Internet users and overwhelmed by the growing controversy, the driver of the vehicle and perpetrator surrendered to the authorities on Monday January 10 at the end of the afternoon. One of the two passengers also delivered to the Noisy-le-Grand police station on Tuesday morning. Both were taken into custody. According to information from

France Info

, the Bobigny public prosecutor's office should open a judicial investigation on Thursday and the two men will be presented to an investigating judge. They are being prosecuted for "violence in a meeting with a weapon and with premeditation resulting in an ITT of more than 8 days".

For the suspect who filmed the scene, this judicial information is also open for "violence in assembly with weapon and with premeditation having resulted in an ITT of more than 8 days, in recidivism" and for "dissemination of images relating to the commission of an offense".

The prosecution would also have retained the following grounds for indictment: "violence without ITT in a meeting" (including a recurrence for one of the two) and "driving despite suspension of the license" for the driver of the vehicle.

"He told me: now you are going to run"

Ali, one of the victims, immediately filed a complaint after his assault - just like a woman who claims to have also been a victim of the trio without her appearing in the video footage.

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Suffering, among other things, from a fractured shoulder and foot, this long-time resident of Noisy-le-Sec described by several media as "

a local figure

" of this town in 93, confided in our colleagues from

Parisian

and Europe 1. He was also the guest on Tuesday evening of Cyril Hanouna

Touche's talk show not at my post

on C8. The opportunity for him to review the course of events. He explains that after leaving a cafe where he usually does, a man in a car called out to him to ask him for a cigarette. And it was when he handed him that the driver grabbed him by the hand before setting off with a bang. "

He told me: now you are going to run

",he testifies to the

Parisian

.

After having crashed "

the face completely on the ground

", he explains to have got up, "

in blood

".

Ali also confided that one of the three accused came to see him to offer him 1,000 euros so that he withdrew his complaint.

A proposal that he says he declined, estimating the cost of his care higher than this sum.

Retired, Ali hopes that his attackers will be "

punished

" although he now fears "

retaliation

".

Police officers are said to have advised him to avoid the area where he was attacked for some time.

Source: lefigaro

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