A bus driver refused to allow several people who had no tickets and were not wearing masks to board the bus on Sunday night and was viciously attacked.
Now, the man is dead from severe head injuries he sustained after being punched.
Five people have been arrested.
via Mail Online:
Masks are currently compulsory on all public transport in France, but members of the group refused to put them on when they got on the vehicle – a cross between a bus and a tram run by the Chronoplus company – in the south west city of Bayonne on Sunday evening, at about 7pm.
‘The first to get on had a dog with him – they just assumed they could all get on and do what they want, but the driver had to do his job.
‘When he stood up to them, a very unpleasant argument developed, and voices were raised and then the driver was attacked when everybody spilled out on to the bus platform.
‘Philippe was punched and kicked repeatedly and then left with serious injuries, before the gang escaped.’
Philippe was rushed to a nearby hospital and placed in intensive care, before being declared ‘brain dead’ on Monday.
Police meanwhile tracked down the 30-year-old man with the dog, who identified the other four attackers.
All were in custody in Bayonne on Monday, but have not been identified, said a spokesman for Bayonne prosecutors.
All have been described as ‘down and outs on the margins of society – ones used to drinking heavily and taking drugs.’
This virus has people losing whatever they had left of their minds all over the world. Sad.
