A Brussels resident beaten with a truncheon by a CRS during the New Year in Paris on the Champs-Elysées: “I was told that the case would surely be closed without further action”


Nebi, 21, was on the Champs-Elysées with three friends on New Year’s Eve when he was beaten with a baton by a CRS before having an epileptic fit. He gets away with eight staples at the skull. Another CRS who took charge of him agreed to testify on condition of anonymity.

Nebi is not about to forget her New Year’s Eve in Paris. This 21-year-old young man from Brussels went to Paris with three friends to celebrate the New Year on the Champs-Elysées. But her evening turned into a nightmare between 2 and 3 a.m.

“Everyone present on the site went through a thorough search to verify that no one entered with projectiles, fireworks, firecrackers or knives. At no time did we pose a problem. sitting on the floor, we were discussing “, remembers Nebi, who works as a landscaper. “At one point, a man threw fireworks about ten meters from us. CRS started running and they tackled a man on the ground. But the guy who threw the fireworks had fled and the CRS went after the wrong person. “

People started running as Nebi walked over to a CRS to let them know that they had called the wrong person. “The CRS was receptive, asked me if I was sure of myself, and asked me to indicate the direction in which the wanted person had gone. At that moment, one of his colleagues jumped on me. , on the side, telling me to get out before giving me a violent blow with a baton to the head. Just before he hits me, the other CRS, who was listening to me, said that I had nothing to do with it, but it was too late “, remembers Nebi.

He then collapsed to the ground, had a seizure, and began to convulse hard for five minutes. A CRS present on the spot at the time of the facts agreed to testify on condition of anonymity.

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