Collateral victim of an urban rodeo.
This Sunday, around 5 p.m., a resident of the Bellevue district, in Brest, was violently attacked with a knife in the middle of the street, learned
Le Figaro
confirming information from the
Telegram
.
Exasperated by the incessant merry-go-round of two-wheelers, the man went into contact with the participants in order to put an end to the noise pollution.
But the 30-year-old was violently taken to task by around 20 individuals, suffering stab wounds and baseball bats, a
police source told Le
Figaro .
Seriously injured, the victim was transported to the Cavale Blanche hospital without his vital prognosis being engaged.
The perpetrators of the violence fled and remain actively sought on Monday.
Difficult to identify authors
“The problem with wild rodeos is that they are done on motorcycles that are often stolen, without registration, with participants generally wearing hoods. All this complicates the work of identification
, ”says our source.
The network of surveillance cameras that covers the area where the facts took place should nevertheless help investigators to trace the suspects.
“We have taken another step forward in urban rodeos
,” laments Éric Kerbrat, departmental secretary of the SGP Police FO Unit.
"The drivers take all the risks to escape the police, they put themselves and the residents in danger."
At the end of March, an 84-year-old woman died in Brest, knocked down by a motorcycle as she was taking out her trash.
The vehicle was driven by a 16-year-old boy, accompanied by a passenger of the same age.
The first was indicted for "
manslaughter aggravated by two aggravating circumstances: hit and run and lack of driver's license
", and the second for "
failure to assist a person in danger
".
Since 2018, the penalties for these traffic offenses have been increased, ranging from 1 year to 5 years in prison and from 15,000 euros to 75,000 euros in fines.