three minors prosecuted for the aggression of journalists on the sidelines of the World Cup



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Three minors were indicted Friday after badaulting two journalists in Rouen on the night of the victory of the Blues at the World Cup football.

Three 17-year-old men were indicted and placed under judicial supervision following the badault of two journalists in Rouen on the night of the FIFA World Cup finals. "They were presented to a juvenile judge, after their custody, as part of the investigation conducted following the violence committed after the final," said Pascal Prache, prosecutor of the Republic of Rouen, adding " that two minors are implicated in particular for violence on journalists ".

Two journalists attacked. All three have been indicted, according to a police source told AFP, which said that the three young people were arrested Tuesday and placed in custody "after being identified by police officers in the field thanks to the videos posted by the two journalists during their complaint filed Monday afternoon ". The two journalists of Normandie Actu, Simon Louvet and Julien Bouteiller, were attacked in the square of the Rouen City Hall on the sidelines of the celebrations of the football World Cup.

The SNJ #Normandie supports the two colleagues of @ @ 76actu @LouvetSimon and @j_bouteiller badaulted last night at #Rouen @SNJ_national pic.twitter.com/sEkuZ5eIr0

– Raphael Tual (@raphtual) July 16, 2018

They demanded the removal of the video. Simon Louvet "filmed an badault", when he was asked "to delete his video," according to the press group Publihebdos. The videographer had refused, reporting his status as a journalist and was then struck, while his colleague was "thrown on the ground" and received "several kicks" trying to intervene, according to the same source. The two journalists had finished the evening at the hospital. On Sunday, ten people were held in custody in Rouen for throwing projectiles on police and attempted commercial degrading for looting, police said.

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