By David Saint Sernin
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updated on 21 Jul 23 at 13:03
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“I am the 19-year-old woman and I want to thank you all for this wave of support after this tragedy, I am commenting on the photos of my body so that you realize the seriousness of things, I hope justice will be done”.
Friday July 21, 2023, the one who is called “a_nissan” on her twitter account, and Anissa in real life, testifies and shares images that show the scars she has had since the terrible assault of which she was the victim on the night of Tuesday July 18 to Wednesday July 19, 2023, Capitol Square To Toulouse.
Assaulted in the middle of the night
The facts were reported by The Midi Dispatch. They were specified at Toulouse News by a police source.
That night, around 3 a.m., this young woman was walking downtown, with her companion, in a group of several people.
In front, there Capitol metro station, this group meets a second group. The evening was obviously alcoholic and tempers quickly flared up.
The insults fuse. The group where the young woman is is followed by the second group to the Place du Capitole where the situation degenerates.
Origin of the “confused” altercation, according to the prosecution
Within the group of vehement followers, a group of young people, two girls and two boys, between 14 and 17 years old, “all unfavorably known to the police”, became extremely violent.
According to our colleagues, the group of minors would have judged the clothing of the victim vulgar, which would be at the origin of the terrible aggression. What the Toulouse Public Prosecutor’s Office does not confirm Toulouse News :
The origin of the altercation remains confused (request for a cigarette, exchange of looks, misinterpreted remarks), but the verbal tension very quickly rose to the point of triggering a fight.
The mugger quartet go wild
Anissa is defended by her companion. Information that confirms to Toulouse News a police source, while specifying that the sartorial remark is among other insults.
The quartet of aggressors is unleashed. Violent blows are delivered. A minor picks up a bottle and begins to throw it, then assaults the 19-year-old with broken bottles. The blows continue to rain around the two young women.
Spotted by the video protection cameras of the City of Toulouse, the facts trigger the intervention of a municipal police brigade.
Wounded by broken bottle
The brigade, when it arrives, discovers the young woman in blood, and arrests the alleged attackers “in the act”, specifies the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
According to her testimony, Anissa was injured in the face and on the body with bottle shards.
Deep wounds that required the laying of fifty stitches to close the wounds.
pictures of injuries
Wounds of which she posted the images on Twitter this Friday morning. Images that testify to the violence suffered by this young woman in the Toulouse night. And which show the wounds that the young woman bears on the cheeks, in the neck, behind the ear, in the back, in the lower back, on the arms…
“I also have a broken nose which you can see in the last photo where I have the bandages,” she explains on Twitter.
She is subject to a 9-day ITT. His companion from a 3-day ITT.
Four people in custody
Arrested and placed in police custody, the four minors were able to explain their acts of extreme violence. Friday, July 21, this custody is over.
“The defendants are for some followed by the judicial services for the protection of minors because of a difficult social course and, for others, unfavorably known to the criminal justice of minors (for acts of violence, theft, threats, lack of driving licence, possession of a weapon, insults, possession of narcotics. The alleged attackers indicate having consumed alcohol that evening, “details the Public Prosecutor’s Office at Toulouse news.
They are the subject of four complaints filed by the four main victims, including the disfigured young woman.
The 17-year-old minor who assaulted Anissa with the shard of glass is the subject of a warrant of committal. She was detained until her immediate appearance in juvenile court on August 17.
The other three minors, including a 14-year-old girl, will be brought before a judge. They are placed under judicial supervision.
The heads of prevention retained are those of violence in a meeting, in a state of intoxication, with a weapon, without ITT or having led to an ITT and for one of them greater than 8 days.
Condemnations and supports
“This savage and barbaric violence is unacceptable! I bring my support to this young woman and her companion, both victims of a bloody attack from which they will bear the physical and psychological scars for life. I salute the Toulouse Municipal Police for their prompt reaction, ”reacted the mayor of Toulouse, Jean-Luc Moudenc.
“I learned with horror of the sexist and atrocious aggression of a young woman and her boyfriend. All my support to them. That everything is done so that they can benefit from all the necessary care and that justice passes”, reacted in particular the deputy of Haute-Garonne, François Piquemal.
A kitty to help him
This Friday, a Leetchi kitty was opened to help the young woman, “do her justice and succeed in restoring her appearance”.
Condemnations and marks of support on social networks are numerous this Friday.
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