2023-09-05 04:57:40
“Spitting, insults, beers thrown in the face”, with consequences that could have been dramatic. An investigation into intentional violence in a meeting, with the use or threat of a weapon, in a sports arena, was opened after the attack on Friday evening of an OM supporter, who subsequently suffered a heart attack during the Nantes-Marseille meeting, the Nantes prosecutor’s office announced on Monday.
“These facts were brought to the attention of the Nantes police station yesterday (Sunday) in the middle of the afternoon, when the wife of this man came to file a complaint,” said the public prosecutor of Nantes, Renaud Gaudeul.
The security director of FC Nantes appeared on Monday “at the police station to file a complaint” on behalf of the club, said the prosecutor at the end of the afternoon. The latter “does not specify the legal reason for his complaint and it is not made against named person(s),” he added.
The club told AFP on Sunday that it condemned “in the strongest terms the unacceptable violence committed against an OM supporter family”.
Selfies in front of the ambulance
Came to the Beaujoire stadium with their six-year-old son who was wearing an OM jersey, the couple was attacked during the match by receiving “spitting, insults, beers thrown in the face”, detailed Saturday on X (formerly Twitter ) Alicia Mahé, the victim’s spouse, a story confirmed by several journalists present nearby. “Violence with weapons corresponds to the throwing of bottles denounced”, specified Renaud Gaudeul.
Yesterday was my 6 year old son’s first game at La Beaujoire and not everything went well. Our fault: being an OM supporter and letting him wear his jersey for the match.
We were attacked during the match: spitting, insults, beers thrown in the face…— Alicia Mahé (@AliciaMahe) September 2, 2023
Suffering from a “heart attack” in the stands, the victim was taken care of by the emergency services, Alicia Mahé said, stressing on BFMTV that “some supporters even took selfies in front of the ambulance in which my husband was in the process. to be resuscitated”.
Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra announced on Sunday on X of his “solidarity with the family brutally attacked in Nantes for having simply supported his club”.
“My husband is alive, he is trying to recover. He is in shock at what happened to him. My son seems to be fine too. He is only waiting for one thing: to see his dad, ”said Alicia Mahé on Twitter this Sunday.
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