Two men placed in custody after broadcast of a video showing a motorist gripping pedestrians

Tour on Saturday to Sunday in Noisy-le-Sec, the video shows two pedestrians gripped by a motorist. A young woman, who does not appear on the pictures, says to have suffered similar acts.

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They are suspected of having participated in a video published on social networks under the title “Grave of the evening”, on which we see a motorist gripping by the arm two pedestrians and rolling until they fall, under the laughter of the passengers of the car. Two men were placed in custody in Noisy-le-Sec (Seine-Saint-Denis), announced Tuesday, January 11, the Bobigny Prosecutor.

The first, the driver, had been arrested on Monday at the end of the day, after having appeared to an appointment fixed on a car park by the investigators. The second suspect also returned from himself to the police station Tuesday morning, added the floor in his communiqué.

Amateur video at the origin of a police investigation for “armed violence in meeting weapons” has been the subject of multiple reports of Internet users on Pharos, a platform that signals content and online behaviors Illicit.

Cigarette request

Tour on Saturday to Sunday in Noisy-le-Sec, the video carries two extracts, which each lasts a few seconds.

We first see the first victim, a 64-year-old man, filmed by one of the passengers. “The authors had asked him for a cigarette. At the moment when he held her to the driver, the latter grabbed him by the arm, held him back and started by accelerating,” said Eric Mathais, the Prosecutor of Seine-Saint-Denis. . We see the man running, down to the ground. It suffers from a fracture of the shoulder and foot and complained against the authors.

Then it is the turn of another man to undergo the same fate. “Wallah you’re going to run!”, Throws him the motorist. “Stop your bullshit!”, “Stop I’ll fall!”, Begging the pedestrian, held by the hand. The scenes cause the hilarity of people present in the car.

This second victim has not been identified to date, specified the bobigny floor. A young woman, who does not appear on the pictures, but who says to have suffered similar acts, has also complained.

/Media reports.