A man died Thursday August 3 after the Bayonne celebrations while three men are actively sought.
The Bayonne celebrations, an unmissable and particularly festive event every summer, turned tragic this year. On July 26, during the first day, a 46-year-old man was violently attacked by three men, inflicting serious injuries on him. This Thursday, August 3, the forty-year-old died of his injuries that were far too serious. The city prosecutor’s office has opened a judicial investigation for “attempted murder”.
What happened ?
Returning to his home on July 26, the man made a remark to three men who were urinating outside his home, simply asking them to go further. A sentence that was not digested at all by the 3 men who beat him up before one of them hit him hard in the head. Suffering from a cerebral hemorrhage, the man had to be plunged into an artificial coma after his admission to Bayonne hospital. “The forty-year-old is “dead for having only reminded partygoers [le nom donnés à ceux qui participent aux fêtes de Bayonne] the propriety, respect and good manners that one must have when one comes to celebrate in a city whose streets are there to welcome joy and good humor”, deplore the festive associations of Bayonne.
A robot portrait released
Since the attack and even more after the tragic death of the man, three men are actively sought by the police. They are three men between the ages of 20 and 25 of muscular or athletic build and with short chestnut or brown hair. On the evening of July 26, they were shirtless and wore white or red shorts. A robot portrait of one of the three attackers, who would be between 1.80 and 1.85m, was also released. The police are also looking for photos and videos “taken quai des Corsaires and rue Marsan (direction of escape of the attackers) between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. If you have any information, here is the number 05.57.85.77.00.
Four complaints of rape
In addition to the fatal attack, four investigations were opened into 4 rapes. The four complaints filed for rapes “which occurred on the public highway or in apartments”, some of which could be “clearly established”, led to the opening of investigations entrusted to the judicial police of Bayonne as explained the deputy prosecutor of Bayonne, Caroline Parizel.
The fed up of associations
For several years, associations and the municipality have been trying to convey prevention messages before and during the Holidays, with protocols for the care of victims by bars and associative places. The peñas, the bayonnais cafetiers-restaurants as well as the collective of the residents, call for a rally this Friday, from 6 p.m., on the square of the town hall of the city.