Le Figaro Nantes
After being ransacked and looted during the demonstrations of March 23, the SFR store in Nantes Commerce, in the city center, was once again damaged.
This time, he was the victim of an attempted robbery earlier this week.
"
It's an endless day, we accumulate
," laments Arnaud Le Dantec, entrepreneur and manager of the franchised establishment.
On Monday, April 24, around 10:45 a.m., a young man walked into the store and quickly walked over to the high-end phones.
After trying to grab the latest Samsung and Apple models and ripping off all the furniture, he headed for Xiaomi-branded models.
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A knife in the pocket
It was then that a customer, present in the store at the time of the events, immediately got up to stand in front of the store door and prevent the thug from escaping, as Le Figaro
was able to see on the
tapes -video cameras.
The three employees present that day also participated in the neutralization of the individual.
One of them went to get network cables to tie him up until the police arrived about 20 minutes later.
At that time, the thief allegedly asked one of the witnesses to remove a knife from his pocket, which he had not used.
The thief attempted to break into exposed phones.
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“
He is a customer who had already come to us.
He had already tried to subscribe to packages
, ”explains manager Karim Haman, about the robber.
A complaint has been filed.
After his custody, the person released and unknown to the authorities, was notified of a COPJ (summons by a judicial police officer) and will have to go to court in June to be tried for attempted theft. , damage and the carrying of weapons prohibited.
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80,000 euros in damage
During the ninth day of mobilization against the pension reform, a hundred individuals had already entered the SFR space before ransacking and using technological devices and accessories.
In total, the damage is estimated at "
€80,000
", including material damage, theft, and the closure of the store for ten days, according to Arnaud Le Dantec, who runs another store in Rennes.
A part will not be reimbursed by insurance.
The town hall, which he contacted, directs him “
towards the Chamber of Commerce and Industry to hope to have aid
” linked to the social context.
The operator is waiting for a return.
After work undertaken to repair the furniture and restore the windows, the final restoration could be effective on May 2, the day after the May 1 event.
That day, the still cracked entrance door will be replaced and the wooden panels protecting the storefronts removed.
This should help bring back the clientele, half of whom have been gone for a few weeks.
“
Usually we have 130 to 140 customers a day.
It was halved
,” worries Karim Haman.
At each event, commerce must now lower the curtain.
Monday,
“we had to close for two hours at noon
,” explains the manager, whose morale took a hit.
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"Mentally, it's complicated"
Besides the material aspect, "
mentally, it's complicated
," he adds.
“
It's our workplace.
In a short time, we are looted and then there is an attempted theft
”.
“
We should perhaps equip ourselves with tear gas
”, wonders an employee, one of whose colleagues has presented a work stoppage.
“
In five years, we have gone from a city where life is the best to one of the most catastrophic cities in Europe
,” laments Karim Haman, who often sees the CRS parade behind the windows.
He also underlines a “
clear improvement
” since their more regular presence.
“
We cross our fingers so that it calms down and move forward
”, hopes the manager, impatient to find more peaceful working conditions.
"
You have to show resilience
," says Arnaud Le Dantec, linked to SFR by a partnership contract.
Its turnover is not counted in billions and an operating loss of €15,000 is significant for the entrepreneur.
“
We are counting on our customers and on the people of Nantes at this difficult time.
We remain accessible
, ”he concludes.
