The manager of the grocery store located Avenue Thiers, in Avignon (Vaucluse) was savagely assaulted on Monday, October 11, by an individual holding a machete with a blade of 45 centimeters.

Having tried to protect himself with his arm, he had severed tendons and nerves of a hand, according to information from Dauphiné released.

Young people in their twenties have neutralized the aggressor and entrusted it to the police. He was heavily alcoholic at the time.

Victim by mistake

Hearing the victims a permit to learn more about the aggressor’s motives.

The attacker was molested by the manager of a snack bar in rue Thiers a little before the facts. the 46-year-old homeless man came to cause difficulties with young customers of his business.

The homeless then took his bike to get his machete, hidden in a squat, with the aim of avenging himself. But, alcoholic, he got the wrong merchant.

The accused receives 18 months in prison including ten suspended. A sentence accompanied by a warrant of committal.

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