His assault sparked a wave of outrage on social media.
Ali, the 67-year-old retiree who had been dragged by an individual in a car in Noisy-le-Sec (Seine-Saint-Denis), died on the night of Thursday February 10 to Friday February 11, said the mayor of the city. city to the
Parisian
.
He is said to have died of a heart problem.
For its part, the Bobigny prosecution points out that an investigation has been opened to determine the causes of death, but “
at this stage, no connection has been made between the two events.
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In mid-January, an amateur video, captioned "
laughter of the evening
", had been broadcast on the Internet and showed the driver of a vehicle grabbing a man while continuing to drive, forcing the victim to run until to fall to the ground.
A second man, visibly old, suffered the same fate.
The first victim, Ali, had filed a complaint against the occupants of the car.
“
The authors had asked him for a cigarette.
When he handed it to the driver, the latter grabbed him by the arm, held him back and started accelerating
, ”explained Eric Mathais, the Bobigny prosecutor.
He had been prescribed 45 days of ITT, suffering in particular from a broken shoulder and foot.
Three men charged
In total, three men were indicted and placed in pre-trial detention for these facts.
The motorist was indicted for willful violence resulting in incapacity for work (ITT) for more than eight days, in a meeting, with a weapon - in this case the vehicle - and with premeditation, as well as for willful violence in a meeting without incapacity of work.
The second man, who filmed the scenes and went himself to the police station, was indicted for complicity and for having broadcast these images.
The third will be tried for complicity in intentional violence resulting in incapacity for work of more than eight days in a meeting, with a weapon and premeditation.