The hashtag #JeremyCohen was trending on Twitter this Monday, April 4.
The candidate of the National Rally, Marine Le Pen, deplored in a tweet "
the silence on this affair
", wondering about what could be "
an anti-Semitic murder
".
“
The images of Jérémy Cohen's death are chilling.
The death of yet another of our children and the deafening silence on the facts for two months revolt me.
Did he die to flee scum?
Did he die because he was a Jew?
Why is this case hushed up?
“, reacted Éric Zemmour, the candidate of”
Reconquest!
".
"
All light must be shed on the circumstances of the death of Jérémy Cohen, his attack before he was hit by a tram in Bobigny
, ”also tweeted the environmental candidate Yannick Jadot.
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Jérémy Cohen, a young disabled man of the Jewish faith, died crushed by a tram, in Bobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis), on February 16, 2022 shortly before 8 p.m.
Victim of cardio-respiratory arrest and head trauma, he died shortly after midnight in hospital.
An accident, one believed at the time, in particular with the reading of the articles of
Parisian
and
Ouest-France
.
But the reality is quite different.
The family of the young man, who investigated on the spot by distributing flyers and launching an appeal for witnesses, found videos taken by witnesses that evening.
Relatives of the deceased young man tell the story in an April 2 program on
Radio Shalom
.
One of these videos, recorded by a tourist from Dubai and recently relayed on social networks, shows that the young man was beaten up by several individuals before fleeing and being crushed by the tram.
According to our information, this video was transmitted at the end of last week to the IGPN (General Inspectorate of the National Police, editor's note).
Ongoing judicial investigation
Faced with the excitement on social networks, the Bobigny prosecution issued a press release this Monday, April 4 in the afternoon.
"
Following the death of a young man knocked down by a tram in Bobigny on February 17, 2022 (actually February 16, editor's note), an investigation was opened at the Bobigny police station initially for involuntary homicide
", writes the wooden floor.
“The investigators left on a banal passenger accident because the cameras on the public highway did not work that day”
, indicates a source close to the file in
Figaro
.
However,
“quickly the elements collected made it possible to understand that, a few moments before the accident, the victim had been subjected to violence.
A second investigation was opened for intentional violence in a meeting
, ”continues the prosecution.
Before specifying: “
The two investigations were carried out in parallel.
The hypothesis that the victim crossed the tram tracks to escape his attackers was naturally taken into account
”.
"
Following various contacts and an appointment with the lawyers of the victim's family, several investigation reports and exchanges with the investigators, it was decided to combine the two procedures in a single judicial file and to open on March 29, 2022 a judicial investigation aimed at the highest qualification possible at this stage of the investigations: intentional violence in a meeting having led to death without intention to give
it, “finally writes the Bobigny prosecution.
The investigation is now continuing under the authority of an investigating judge and has been entrusted to the judicial police of Seine-Saint-Denis.
Was Jérémy Cohen's attack anti-Semitic as some politicians suggest?
In its press release, the Bobigny prosecutor's office does not mention the victim's religious affiliation.
"
He had a yarmulke but I wasn't with him when it happened.
I can't tell you if it was on him or not
,” the victim's brother told
Radio Shalom
.
According to Jérémy Cohen's family, the victim's white yarmulke was found by investigators at the scene.
