A man died on 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, on the first day, a 46-year-old man was violently attacked by three men, inflicting serious injuries. 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”.
Upon returning 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 festayres [the name given to those who participate in the Bayonne festivals] of the decorum, respect and good dress 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.
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 brown or brown hair. On the evening of July 26, they were shirtless and wearing white or red shorts. A composite 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.
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.
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 Bayonne cafeteria-restaurateurs as well as the collective of local residents, call for a rally this Friday, from 6 p.m., in the town hall square of the city.
