The video was filmed Thursday, at 4:30 p.m., on the Place de la Bastille, then broadcast on social networks.
We see a machinist driver from the RATP, driving a bus on line 91 (which connects the Bastille to Montparnasse), being physically attacked by a motorist, following a conflict in the traffic.
After breaking the window of the cabin to the left of the driver with his fists, the furious man manages to get into the bus and slaps the RATP agent several times.
The victim, shocked, was hospitalized.
The RATP filed a complaint.
“The driver, injured and shocked, was taken care of by the firefighters and his management, then taken conscious to the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital (13th century), indicates the management.
The RATP would like to express its great emotion and indignation at this act of violence committed against one of its agents”.
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On the 2′20″ sequence broadcast on social networks, a Range Rover brand car appears immobilized in the bus lane, blocking the road and causing a traffic jam.
The individual, visibly a passenger in the 4x4 driven by a woman, is beside himself.
He screams
you did it on purpose!
, breaking the window of the bus with his fists.
Passers-by try to calm him down but he heads for the door of the bus.
He manages to get on and punches the driver in the face, insulting him.
A few tens of seconds later, a security team from the RATP (the GPSR) intervened to evacuate the bus.
The attacker "was arrested by the police following the rapid intervention of the GPSR", specifies the RATP.
The individual has been taken into custody and will be tried shortly.
"Shame on those who attack them", reacts Minister Djebbari
This video sparked many indignant reactions, including that of the Minister of Transport, Jean-Baptiste Djebbari (LREM): “Our bus drivers, everyone owes them respect.
Shame on those who attack them.
And thank you to the RATP security officers for intervening so quickly.
The attacker was arrested.
Justice will take care of his case”.
Our bus drivers, everyone owes them respect.
Shame on those who attack them.
And thank you to the RATP security officers for intervening so quickly.
The attacker was arrested.
Justice will take care of his case.pic.twitter.com/HMJ7skiiZO
— Jean-Baptiste Djebbari (@Djebbari_JB) January 21, 2022
"The RATP shows solidarity with its shocked agent and his colleagues and condemns in the strongest terms this unacceptable act of violence", indicates the management of the company.
Laurent Probst, the general manager of Île-de-France Mobilités (
organizing authority for public transport in the region
) also expressed his "total support for the bus driver", explaining that "the RATP security service was fortunately intervened quickly”.
He also added that a complaint would be filed, and that "all legal means" would be implemented "to ensure that this man is severely punished".
#Aggression line 91 #bus @RATPgroup.
Every day #RATP agents are victims of attacks, we demand the greatest firmness against the attacker, justice must by an exemplary judgment, deter anyone from attacking our colleagues!
What does @vpecresse think? @IDFmobilites pic.twitter.com/Crovz0ymn6
— The RATP Base (@BaseRatp) January 21, 2022
“Every day, RATP agents are victims of aggression.
We demand the greatest firmness against the aggressor.
Justice must, by an exemplary judgment, dissuade anyone from attacking our colleagues, ”says the union La Base RATP.
The management specifies that the bus drivers are equipped with anti-aggression glass to protect them from physical attacks.
They can trigger a discreet alarm to report any dangerous situation to the police and the GSPR.
It was this alert that made it possible to put an end to the violence with the intervention of security officers.
