During the night from Monday to Tuesday, while two men were holding hands on the platform of the Lyon metro, a man hurled homophobic insults at them before kicking one of them violently in the back. them. The victim alerted the 17th who sent two police crews. The police quickly spotted, checked and arrested the suspect.
Once in police custody, this 27-year-old man attacked the police, insulting them and threatening them with death. He then degraded his cell. During his hearing, he admitted the facts. Originally from Sarcey, a small town northeast of Lyon, he is well known to the police with more than 30 antecedents, in particular for fire and death threats which earned him detention. The attacker was presented to the prosecution for a judgment in immediate appearance on Wednesday.