The trial of a legionary of the 4th Foreign Regiment de Castelnaudary took place on Thursday April 25. The reason being the initiative of the accused of trap your own portal in the village of Fanjeaux (Aude). Like in action films, he put pomegranates as protection for his garden. A decision can be ingenious, but not without bad consequences.
To do this, the legionnaire used a training grenade which he had taken at the barracks. Needless to say, his system was not lacking in effectiveness, but not in a good way. The fact is that three children aged 8, 10 and 13 had entered the field “bordered by orchards and a hiking trail“, explain 20 minutes. Of course, this didn’t end well.
Several explosions!
Carefree and rightly so, the corner was the usual playground of these children. Chance not always being on the good side, one of the children triggered the device. In fact, he had touched the wire which was connected to the grenade. Several detonations then took place, according to our colleagues. The children have been hurt ! However, their injuries were mainly auditory and psychological.
The court heard the 44-year-old legionnaire faced this incident. According to his explanations, his choice to trap his portal was not motivated by the desire to hurt anyone. He would just wanted to scare an intruder who had previously vandalized his property. “I understand my fault […] but in no way did I want to inflict injury“, he declared. As a result, he was sentenced 6 months suspended prison sentence in addition to 30 days off sanction of his regiment. He must also pay 500 euros to each of the three children for moral damage.
Wounded by an anti-tank grenade!
This incident comes after a teenager was injured by an anti-tank grenade, last Sunday April 7, in Avenay. According to information fromWest Francethe grenade in question dates from the Second World War. The three teenagers involved in the incident allegedly tried to manipulate the mechanism of the machine. Unfortunately, one of them was Severly injured after the grenade exploded. He was transported to Caen University Hospital, according to our colleagues.
According to the media, the three teenagers all were injured. However, the 14-year-old was the most affected. The victim reportedly received several shrapnel. “But the vital prognosis of none of the three children is in jeopardy“, said Françoise Paris, mayor of the town.
