2023-06-12 20:55:36
New in the investigation into the attack on little Kenzo and his family on the sidelines of the match on June 3 between AC Ajaccio and Marseille. “Two young men aged 20, one known to the courts, in particular for acts of violence, and the other unknown, were taken into custody at 2.20 p.m. after presenting themselves without a lawyer to the police station in Ajaccio,” the Ajaccio prosecutor’s office told AFP, confirming information from Corse-Matin.
Kenzo, an 8-year-old Olympique de Marseille supporter suffering from brain cancer, was invited to Corsica on June 3 to fulfill his “dream”, namely to meet players from the Ligue 1 football club. . While he was in a box at the stadium with his father and his brother, individuals had burst in and hit the father of the family before leaving with his OM jersey, according to the first elements of the investigation.
The precise sequence of events is the subject of divergent versions, the ACA having first of all denounced the following day “unspeakable acts” by assuring that “Kenzo and his parents” had “been shamefully abused by individuals who brought into their dressing room”, before returning to his version of the facts a few days later.
In a new press release, the president of the club, Alain Orsoni had then affirmed, after having viewed the video surveillance images, that “the seriousness of the actions of certain Ajaccien supporters, moreover reprehensible, (had) been very clearly exaggerated”.
A strong emotion and reactions to the President of the Republic
Amandine, Kenzo’s mother, told AFP that the individuals had entered the dressing room, pushing the child: “He fell, he hit the side of his face on the bar of the seat and the balcony. And my husband was right behind (…). They told him: Give us your jersey. He took off his jersey, they punched him twice in the head.
This case aroused great emotion and reactions, even to the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, who called for “clear and strong” sanctions. The Professional Football League (LFP) and the ACA have filed a complaint in this case.
An investigation has been opened for “violence in meetings” in order to shed light on these facts. A journalist from France 3 ViaStella was also attacked on the sidelines of the match counting for the last day of the Ligue 1 season.
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