Beer’s Corner customers came out in large numbers to watch the broadcast of the Euro 2024 semi-final match, France – Spain, on Tuesday evening. Two plainclothes gendarmes from Seine-et-Marne are among the supporters in this bar in Plessis-Belleville. After the broadcast of the match, a fight broke out.
Although they were not on duty, the soldiers decided to intervene to calm the situation. They did not reveal their professional identity but tried to put an end to the ambient aggression. “The different participants in the fight were exchanging blows,” explains Senlis public prosecutor Loïc Abrial.
Investigation into attempted murder opened
Around 11 p.m., one of the troublemakers got into his car and drove off at high speed toward a group of people. He then knocked down one of the two police officers. “He ran over him and fled,” explained a person close to the case. The police and firefighters then arrived on the scene to help the victim, interview witnesses and retrace the events of the evening.
Seriously injured in the jaw, the 30-year-old soldier was airlifted to the Amiens hospital (Somme). “Fortunately, his life is not in danger,” continued this source close to the investigation.
“A flagrant investigation for attempted murder was immediately opened and entrusted to the Senlis research brigade (BR), in order to clarify the circumstances of the commission of the facts and to identify the presumed perpetrator of this crime, punishable by 30 years of criminal imprisonment,” announced the prosecutor. A person was arrested in connection with this case on Thursday by the Senlis military and is currently in police custody.
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