A mother's call for witnesses after her son's attack

On the night of Saturday November 2 to Sunday November 3, a young man was attacked in Dijon (Côte-d'Or) around 2 a.m. on Sunday, in a parking lot near Place de la République, reported The Public Good. Speaking to the daily, he said: “I went to my car, which was parked on Avenue Garibaldi. On the way, I am accosted by people from afar, but I don't respond, I lower my head and move forward.”. And to add: “I feel them approaching, they talk to me about my phone, money and my car, I still don't answer and then they tell me it wasn't a question. There was no talking, they fell on me. » In the end, Mathéo, aged 19, “received five or six kicks in the face” and lost consciousness. When he woke up, he had been robbed of his phone and his money.

The young man then went to the nightclub where he had spent part of his evening. “The boss took care of me, I called my mother and the police”he added. Law enforcement took his testimony and he was taken to the hospital by his mother. On social networks, the latter posted a photo of her swollen son's face and launched a call for witnesses. “My son was attacked last night (and left for dead) around 2 a.m. Group of 4 to 6 people of North African types, around 1.80 m, dark-colored tracksuits. If you have any information, please contact me or the Auxonne gendarmerie (anonymity guaranteed). Poor France, for in the end, a phone and a wallet”she wrote.

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According to information from France 3, an investigation has been opened. Police sources nevertheless explain that “it is too early to know the motive for the attack”. Video surveillance images will be analyzed.