A policeman assaulted in Saint-Etienne during a football match

A policeman, who was not on duty and playing a football game in Saint-Etienne, was violently badaulted on Saturday afternoon during the match by players of the opposing team, AFP learned from police sources. .

Multiple fractures. Suffering multiple fractures, nose and eyebrow arch, and a sinking of the orbit of one eye, the police officer of the Brigade anti-crime (Bac) Saint-Etienne aged thirty 'years has been granted a break of work of 21 days, said the Commissioner of permanence at the Departmental Directorate of Public Security (DDSP), according to which "his status as a police officer was not in question".

The policeman operated Monday. On the other hand, according to the National Police Alliance Alliance, of which the victim is a member, "the attackers recognized him and identified him as being a police officer from the Bac de Saint-Étienne", said Pierre Cognard, departmental secretary of the union. The policeman was transported to a hospital in the city and should be operated Monday, according to the same source. "Three people are wanted and in the process of identification," added the commissioner.

Another badault of a policeman, Thursday. This aggression comes a few days after that of a police Toulon, Thursday, in front of his home in Hyères, in the Var. Two teenagers aged 16 and 17 were indicted on Saturday for aggravated violence on a police officer, with weapons and in meetings, and placed in custody.