The scene took place on October 4 around 7 p.m. at the entrance to Toulon.
From the lowered window of a car, a hooded man points what looks like a submachine gun at a motorist stopped at a red light who logically panics: "In my head, it's only been one turn, I I thought of the July 14 attack in Nice, I thought of the shootings on terraces in Paris.
I said to myself “
he will shoot in all directions
” and I was stuck in my car…”, tells the motorist to our colleagues from Var-Matin.
The man in the balaclava fortunately did not fire: “The passenger took out the weapon.
He started throwing it out the window.
I turned my head, I wanted to avoid their gazes, I can't tell how many there were.
I told myself that I was going to die.
Fortunately, nothing happened.
The man in the balaclava and the passengers in the car continued on their way.
" I
parked on the side of the road and called the police," the victim said.
“Even though it only lasted five minutes, it's five minutes in bad taste.
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The vehicle in question, a Jeep, was spotted by law enforcement a little later.
The passengers were not terrorists but young RC Toulon rugby players in disguise as part of an evening of cohesion.
And their weapon was dummy.
Some videos of the evening were shot but quickly deleted from social networks.
At the club, the joke did not make everyone laugh.
“To give some context, the young players in question were on a disguised party of cohesion.
It was not a party with alcohol.
It's a bad prank.
Very bad.
There were photos, it lasted five minutes.
But there are things that should not be done, even less in the context that we are living in today, ”apologized this Thursday Pierre Mignoni, the manager of the RCT.
He specified that the young players who admitted the facts were going to be sanctioned: “It was not a joke in good taste.
There were other much more fun disguises.
This one was not appropriate at all.
Once again, we apologize if we were able to scare several people.
Even though it only lasted five minutes, it's five minutes of bad taste.
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