A man injured in the Nice attack by a stray bullet “probably” fired by the police targeting the driver of the crazy truck should testify on October 14 in the trial opened since September 5 before the special Assize Court of Paris.
“I would like to let it be known that I am an exceptional victim and that people may have tried to hide things from me”, explains Christophe Spagnou, who has never received any official information and feels “left behind”. . “What bothers me is that neither the police nor the government contacted me, gave me information or apologized,” he said. At 52, this former ski instructor, who passed very close to death on the evening of July 14, 2016, is rebuilding in Costa Rica.
From 9mm
That evening in Nice, his hometown, Christophe Spagnou, his Dutch wife and their son were strolling on the Promenade des Anglais. “The truck arrived at my level, there were cries. We started running. We heard gunshots, we turned around and the bullet entered my left flank”, crossing his stomach, the small intestine and before lodging in his left forearm, says-t- he.
“According to the surgeon, it was 9 mm. However, the assailant had 7.5mm caliber ammunition and only the police had 9mm,” he said. This version was confirmed at trial, by the investigator of the anti-terrorist sub-directorate (SDAT) citing the wounding of a man by bullet “probably” from a police shot.