The attack took position on Monday 22 August, close to 4:00 pm. The knowledge controllers of the area have exercised the right of withdrawal.
46-12 months-aged Lunelloise and 49-year-old resident of Montpellier have been arrested on Monday 22 August, soon after 4 pm, for violence with a weapon fully commited on an off-duty controller. The assault took put in a TER that related Nîmes to Narbonne whilst a controller, on obligation, asked them to switch down the sound degree of their music.
An observation that the two forty-calendar year-olds who rebelled did not value. Verbally very first. Then bodily. This is where by the interviewee pulled out a knife and threatened the officer. Seeing that the predicament was deteriorating, an off-responsibility inspector then intervened, making use of the code of ethics of the railway personnel to the letter, in an try to quiet the condition.
Moderate shoulder injury
Sad to say he was stabbed in the shoulder. Stopped at the Montpellier Saint-Roch station by law enforcement officers from the central law enforcement station, the indelicate passenger, who also experienced a hand wound and blood on her forearm, was placed in police custody. Just like his companion, also, who was also identified holding a blade weapon.
For his aspect, a little bit wounded in the shoulder, the controller was treated by the firefighters and by Smur 34 and taken to the unexpected emergency space of the hospital in Lapeyronie. Pursuing this “unspeakable” assault, the controllers of the area have decided to assert their appropriate of withdrawal.
Negotiations in progress
“We stand in solidarity with our colleagues and obstacle the company’s coverage in conditions of human presence in stations and around trains,” factors out CGT regional secretary Eric Bringuier.
“If the targeted visitors is not paralyzed, it is disrupted as far as TER, Intercités and TGV are anxious”, chained the trade unionist. “Negotiations are at present underway. We request our management for concrete measures so that brokers can carry out their missions in entire basic safety and assurance a high quality public services to buyers.”
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