The moving testimony of Judikael Hirel, 5 years after his terrible attack in the metro

Judikael Hirel publishes Red Concord. In the skin of a victim of aggression. Francois Bouchon/Le Figaro

INTERVIEW – The journalist of Figarowho was seriously injured for having defended a woman in the metro, wonders about the treatment of victims of aggression in France.

Physical and verbal attacks are a daily reality in France. Whether these attacks occur in a deserted street or the corridors of a crowded metro, the reactions are there. But the indignation and the shock effect passed, what happens to the victims? Journalist Judikael Hirel is one of those who went through this ordeal, one evening in November 2017. Fourteen facial fractures, several reconstruction operations and a long legal procedure later, the anger is still just as strong. He publishes Red Concord. In the shoes of a victim of aggression (Le Cherche midi).

LE FIGARO. – What happened that night of November 13, 2017 in the corridors of the metro?

Judikael HIREL. – I was on the subway to come home from the office after a day’s work, as many do. Arriving at Concorde station around 7:30 p.m., I got out of the train and saw a man following a young woman who was in front of him. Going up the stairs, he put a…

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