They beat him up because, according to them, the Montpellier man behaved badly with their friend

Le soir des faits, la victime n'a pas compris pourquoi elle était prise à partie. ML – Photo d'Illustration

Les trois mis en cause sont convoqués devant la justice le 28 mai prochain.

Monday February 26, around 7:30 p.m., a 47-year-old man from Montpellier was suddenly attacked by several individuals who beat him up, rue du Pont-de-Lattes, Gares district in Montpellier, while he was returning to his home.

Punches, kicks, knife threats, for no reason according to the victim who escaped with two days of ITT and significant psychological trauma.

They wanted to fine him

Thanks to the precise description of his attackers, the national police officers, informed immediately after the events, managed to identify and arrest them.

Placed in police custody, these three Montpellier residents aged respectively 29, 34 and 40 years old, admitted the facts and explained that they had put him in custody ;fine because he had behaved badly with one of their friends by harassing her, in particular.

Released, all three are the subject of a summons by a judicial police officer before the Montpellier criminal court where they will have to explain their actions on May 28 .