Drunk, they attack a Montpellier student in the middle of the night and steal 20 euros from her under threat of a tear gas bomb

Les deux mis en cause ont été repérés via les caméras de la Ville. Midi Libre – Illustration Michael Esdourrubailh

The attack took place on the night of Friday 16 to Saturday 17 around 1:30 a.m. in the Hôpitaux-Facultés district of Montpellier.

Two young men from Le Vigan, one a 17-year-old minor and the other two years older, from the Gard region, were arrested by the police on Avenue du Doyen-Gaston-Giraud in Montpellier, on the night of Friday 16 to Saturday 17 around 1:30 a.m.

Heavily alcoholic (0.86 g of alcohol in the blood for the first and 1.4 for the second), the two had just attacked a young student whom they had extorted of 20 euros under the threat of a tear gas bomb, before running away.

Localized using video surveillance cameras

But the victim immediately alerted “17” and, thanks to their very precise description, the agents from the urban supervision center were able to locate them and launch the arrest system.

Both were taken into custody. The adult explained that he remembered almost nothing. He was referred to the Montpellier public prosecutor's office this Monday morning. As for the minor, he admitted to having committed the crime because he needed money. He was also referred but before the children's judge of Nîmes.

As for the victim, his 20 euros were returned to him.