Urban cameras filmed the scene. On the Grand-Place, the defendant collided head-on with several individuals, turning around a man lying on the ground. On Rue de Nimy, he rushed towards people, hitting several vehicles parked along the road. His mad rush ended on rue d’Havré.
Saïd sowed terror in the center of Mons, at the wheel of his car, in June 2023: the prosecution requires 12 years in prison
The prosecutor declared that, the day before the events, Saïd had already been harassing in the center of Mons, controlled by the police after a call from a lady. He had been placed in a sobering-up cell at the police station. He came out around 11 a.m.
In contact with victims
According to the prosecutor, he was again intimidating and harassing in a bar on rue de la Clé, the night of the tragedy, “leading to a state of destructive rage“He then comes across the first group of victims from rue de Nimy on the Place du Marché-aux-herbes, and then the victims from rue d’Havré. “It is he who goes into contact with the victims, uttering threats, declaring that he is going to call a team to come and destroy them. The victims manage to rout him. He is frustrated, even more so when he receives a slap“.
Saïd Bellouti had already been convicted for similar acts in France. The Frenchman, a repeat offender, injured seven people on the night of June 8 to 9, 2023, between 3 and 4 a.m. He received three and ten more months for carrying a knife and possession of drugs. He was stripped of his driving license for life.
