A police officer attacked on the T4 tram in Lyon

A plainclothes police officer was violently attacked late Friday afternoon in the T4 tramway in Lyon, Le Progress reveals this Saturday. The police officer was on his way to duty.

“While he was simply trying to put an end to the aggressive behavior and incivility of four individuals who were bothering travelers with their shoving, their spitting and their insults, our colleague was violently attacked,” wrote the Un1té Rhône police union in a press release.

“Numerous blows, especially to the face”

The peacekeeper, who works in the interdepartmental public transport security service, would have been “recognized as a police officer” by one of the individuals, and would then have suffered “a real lynching. » After being thrown to the ground, “he received numerous blows, notably to the face, eyebrow arch and nose”.

He was taken to the Jean-Mermoz hospital for examinations. An investigation was opened to find his attackers.