2023-12-04 21:12:00
A second driver was also indicted for intentional violence and tampering with evidence, said the Nantes public prosecutor.
Le Figaro Nantes
Two days after the death of Maxime, a 31-year-old FC Nantes supporter, emotion and questions followed one another in an attempt to understand how the drama could have unfolded an hour before the start of the Nantes-Nice match on Saturday. evening, in the streets of the city. Renaud Gaudeul, the public prosecutor of Nantes, provided some information during a press conference late Monday, confirming that the tragedy took place when Nantes supporters “In large numbers” attacked VTCs transporting Nice supporters and their drivers.
He thus affirmed that the alleged main perpetrator of the two fatal stabbings is “a 35-year-old man, VTC driver, with four entries on his criminal record, including one in prison for drug possession and trafficking”. This first suspect was indicted on Monday for “intentional homicide and extortion with weapons”and placed in pre-trial detention, because “we consider that the constituent elements of self-defense are not present in the current state”.
The second suspect, a VTC driver initially heard as a witness, was then taken into police custody, “ when we realized that his vehicle was equipped with a registration system and that these documents (the videos, Editor’s note) had disappeared”. According to the prosecutor, he also struck Maxime with a telescopic baton. This second suspect was indicted for intentional violence and tampering with evidence.
Renaud Gaudeul, the public prosecutor of Nantes during a press conference Monday evening. LT / Le Figaro
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Rain of reactions
This tragedy provoked many reactions, starting with the laying of flowers near the scene of the tragedy, and a large fresco covered with the inscription “Max forever”. “No one should die while going to see a football match, that is unthinkable, that is unimaginable”, reacted the mayor of Nantes, Johanna Rolland, in a press release on Sunday. A dismay shared by the senator of Loire-Atlantique Laurence Garnier, in a message published on X (formerly Twitter): “Immense sadness and dismay at the announcement of the death of an FC Nantes supporter. How can a popular sport and celebration generate so much violence and hatred?asked the elected official on the right. “The club can only deplore that a person lost their life in such circumstances”in turn regretted with emotion FC Nantes, in a press release, expressing his condolences to his family.
Players also rushed to support the entourage of the deceased 31-year-old. The winners were not in the mood to celebrate this evening of victory against Nice. Samuel Moutoussamy, Nantes midfielder, made a post on his networks:« Today our thoughts and prayers go especially to the family of our deceased supporter, as well as to all his loved ones.he wrote, next to two yellow and green hearts. “Great performance from the team and 3 points. Unfortunately, it was the least important last night. A big thought for the Loire Brigade (main group of Nantes supporters) and their loved ones. We are together”added Captain Pedro Chirivella.
On the VTC side, David Tan, a driver from Nantes at the head of the procession in which the tragedy took place, was keen to firmly defend his profession. “Whose fault is it ?” he asked himself, denouncing the arrival of «300 hooligans»rushing into his vehicle carrying people from Nice. While offering his condolences to the family, he wanted to highlight the outbreak of violence that he and his colleagues faced. His van was heavily damaged: “The actions of these ultras must be banned.”
For the Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, questioned Monday morning on France Inter, “we can’t continue like this in football”. “A radical situation, a radical measure”, she defended. With, for example, a travel ban on supporters of the opposing camp in the host city? “When the match presents a risk, we must stop at the movement of supportersshe replied. It’s just not possible that we have law enforcement forces so overstretched, property destroyed, buses stoned, people injured, now a dead person, that’s it! that’s enough. (…) we need a global and extremely determined response.»
Wednesday evening, Lyon supporters will not have the right to go to Marseille for the Ligue 1 match. This decree, taken several days ago, highlights the incidents which took place on October 29, the evening when the meeting should normally have taken place. Incidents had broken out: coaches of the Rhône delegation had been stoned near the Vélodrome, and the Lyon coach, Fabio Grosso, had been taken care of by the firefighters, before having twelve stitches placed above him. an eye. Arriving at the end of last week for his sporting results, he will not attend the match this Wednesday.
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