A man assaulted during the Bayonne Festival, one of the largest popular gatherings in Europe which experienced record attendance this year, died Thursday, we learned Friday from the public prosecutor’s office in the southern city. French west.
The victim, a 46-year-old resident of Bayonne, died after nine days of an artificial coma and three individuals suspected of having beaten him as he returned home to the city center on the first evening of the Holidays are always wanted.
The investigation was reclassified as murder, according to the same source.
The victim had been beaten up as she walked home and made a remark to the three men, who were caught urinating outside her door. Suffering from a traumatic brain injury, she had been placed in an artificial coma.
The Bayonne Festivals attracted record attendance this year, around 1.3 million “festayres” (festival-goers) over five days, according to the town hall, which has been coordinating prevention work with associations for several years, in particular against sexual assaults.
AFP
Four complaints for rapes “occurred on the public highway or in apartments” and some of which could be “clearly established” led to the opening of investigations, still according to the prosecution.
The mayor of Bayonne, Jean-René Etchegaray, expressed on X (ex-Twitter) his “support” for the family and relatives of the victim. The municipal opposition has called for a reflection around the Holidays to “guarantee their sustainability and their security” and a rally “against all violence” is planned for Friday evening at the call of associations and cafeterias in the city.
The Bayonnais savagely attacked during the first night of the holidays succumbed to his injuries. On behalf of the community of bayonnais.es, I address our testimony of support and affection to his family and loved ones in this painful ordeal.
— Jean-René Etchegaray (@JreneEtchegaray) August 4, 2023
Traditionally organized on the last weekend of July, the Bayonne Festival will be brought forward next year from July 10 to 14, due to the mobilization of the police for the Paris Olympics. They will overlap other major festivities in the Basque Country, including San Fermin, in Pamplona, Spain.
The security system, with more than 1,000 police officers, gendarmes and private security agents, represents a third of the organisation’s budget.
2023-08-04 23:21:54
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