By: V4 Agency
One teenager dies in a shootout, a man gets beaten to death with baseball bats and police officers suffer another vicious attack. France witnessed yet another weekend full of violence.
Police officers were assaulted in broad daylight in the French town of Aulnay-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis department, on Sunday. According to news reports, motorcycle policemen stopped a motorist for a roadside check, who attacked them.
A video of the incident shows that the officer, who was pushed to the ground, was kicked and punched by several people, and his colleague rushing to his aid was also kicked in the head.
Someone in the video is heard encouraging the attackers by saying, “F*ck his race, hit him in the head!”.
A gang of around twenty attacked four men late on Sunday night in Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis departement. Using baseball bats and iron bars, the gang members beat one of them so badly that he died of his injuries. Another man was also rushed to hospital, but he is not in a critical condition.
Police have arrested four people.
In Bordeaux, a teenager died in a shootout. After hearing gunshots, local residents alerted police to the Aubiers district of Bordeaux late on Saturday night. Police arriving at the scene found several wounded teenagers. Two boys, aged 13 and 16, suffered slight injuries while a third one, aged 15, was seriously wounded. Their fourth companion, a 16-year-old teenager suffered multiple shots and died from his injuries half an hour after being taken to hospital