Man Stabbed Dozen Times Survives

5/20/2011 - Toulouse - South West of France

In the night from Saturday to Sunday around 1:45AM, someone called emergency services. 

They have discovered a 23 years old man, laying in his blood at his home in Toulouse.

He is currently hospitalized in intensive care. He was wounded by a dozen stab wounds including one which reached the heart.

His days are not in danger, but his recovery will be long.

Questioned by police, he explained that he had spent Saturday night with two friends. They drank vodka (the victim had more than 2 grams of alcohol in the blood on his arrival at the hospital) and his buddies were gone.

According to his statement, two masked individuals entered his home and  stabbed him with a knife before fleeing.

Investigators are trying to find traces of two friends and the individual who alerted the emergency services from a mobile phone.

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Pregnant Woman Gets Stabbed near Paris

5/19/11 - Seine-Saint-Denis - Paris Suburb

Wednesday, a young pregnant woman saw a shadow in the garden of his house, in Gagny, Seine-Saint-Denis.

She came out and surprised a person trying to steal car batteries and pieces of copper stored near her home.

The man threatened the 32 years old woman  before attacking her. He tried to strangle her, then he stabbed her four times in the chest before fleeing.

The victim was transported to hospital in a serious condition . She had a punctured lung, but her days are not in danger, nor those of her baby.

The officers of the territorial security of Seine-Saint-Denis are  investigating. They are still looking for the attacker.

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Student Hit in the Head with Chopper

5/19/11 - Saint Nazaire - West of France

The dispute between two students had turned to tragedy last April 15 in St. Nazaire.

The court said yesterday the facts which had ended in a violent altercation between the two students : a student hitting another one in the head with a chopper.

The victim was seriously injured. the attacker, a 19 year old student, incarcerated since the incident, explained the reasons which led him to arrive at school armed with a chopper with a friend. He explained that he had been humiliated by a slap two days earlier.

The attacker was sentenced to 4 months in prison and a ban to stay in Saint-Nazaire for two years.

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High School Student Gets Stabbed in Paris

5/18/11 - Paris

A 16 years old young man  was stabbed by a classmate at his school, Avenue Gambetta in the 20th area of Paris. He is currently in hospital in serious condition.

A young student at the Paul Deschanel High School in the 20th area of Paris was seriously injured by receiving several stab wounds. When police and rescuers arrived, the young man was lying in front of his school, and they noticed that a stabbing had reached the clavicle near his lung. His vital prognosis was then engaged and the young man was taken to the Pitie Salpetriere hospital for treatment. Doctors are reassured by now, the status of the young man is standing and he seems out of danger.

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Man Gets Stabbed to Death in Front of his Mother

5/16/11 - Moissac - South West of France

On the ground, traces of blood are still visible on the street bordering the Deux-Mers river, in Moissac. Muhammad Belhachemi 23 years old, died in the night from Saturday to Sunday, after receiving several stab wounds. Embraced by the pain, the victim's mother, Turkia, who saw his son being killed in front of her eyes, said.

It is around 9PM on Saturday night. "I came home after visiting someone. My son was with friends in a room adjacent to where we are. Then, I went to the bathroom. "

She heard a noise outside. "I've suspected it for being nothing, thinking the noise came, as usual, from the neighborhood. Then I heard scarier screams. "

Turkia then opens the window of his home, located on the ground floor and overlooking the street. "I saw a attacker throwing a glass bottle on my son. I did not believe right away that it was serious. I then heard Muhammad screaming "Mom." Then I understood. I shot to the killer "why ?" 

He replied with one word in Arabic that suggested it was a gratuitous act.

Turkia then left home and saw a vehicle, a black car, with four people aboard, the suspect, two boys and a girl.

Asking again "Why ?" to the suspect, he again said:"That's how it is"

For Turkia like her friends, Muhammad found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time.

"He wanted to defend a young boy and he took the stabs" says one woman.

A quiet boy

Arriving six years ago from Algeria, the victim was not known by police. "He was calm and never caused a problem." Muhammad Belhachemi was destined to be an artist in aviation: "He had training and, until he found a job in his field, he worked as a craftsman" said Turkia.

Killed outside his home in front of his mother, he will never realize his career plan.

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Ex-Girlfriend Gets Lured into a Trap

5/16/11 - Besançon - East of France

The young couple who lured into a trap and beat violently ex-girlfriend of the boy narrowly escaped jail.

"I just wanted to scare her and it went too far...." The young woman of the couple who hit her head claims his behavior is due to anger. However,this has nothing to do with improvisation. With his companion of 19 years, she attracted his ex-girlfriend in a real ambush in a parking lot of Besançon (French town).

She was motivated by very dark motives since she was equipped with a knife and brass knuckles.

In fact, the young girl of 18 years did not bear that her boyfriend was harassed on the phone by his ex-girlfriend who did not seem to let him go. Within a month, he received over 800 text messages from his ex-girlfried.

Sunday night, the boy thus meets the pressing demands of his former sweetheart and offered him a meal in a restaurant alone together. But when he arrives at the parking lot, the ex-girlfriend is beaten with brass knuckles by his new girlfriend who even death threatened her with a knife. The boy tried to calm her. "It happened so fast. I was not expecting it" he tries to justify himself.

For the judge, the couple has premeditated to lure the victim into a trap.

The couple only received a 6 monthes suspended sentence.

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Man Gets Lynched in Marseille for Nothing

Marseille - South of France - 5/14/11

"I'm sure they left because they thought I was dead." Christophe is a miracle. And one more victim of the savagery that can demonstrate some individuals getting mad definitely a bit too easy. Five days after his beating, Christophe still bears the scars of the violence of his assailants.

"They were at least twelve" he whispered. Large bruises are still visible on his legs, his back pain is excruciating, his right eye is still purple and several bones in his face are broken.

"I can not laugh. They even removed my smile," sadly peting Elvira, his dog. The animal was at his side on Monday, when Christopher was beaten. "I was in a bus with my dog ​​and girlfriend, he says. We went to the city La Paternal, St. Joseph.

It is 5:30PM. Rush hour. The bus is crowded. As he stands up, Christophe shakes involuntarily, one passenger aged about fifty years. "You don't say pardon ?" The man calls out sharply. 
Once outside, at the bus stop, the angry passenger comes back to him. "Oh, you don't say pardon ?" He insists. 

"I had done nothing, Christophe says. I barely touched him and without purpose." 

"I'll send you kids!" the angry man threatens. Promise kept. 

Christopher sees a blue car, but he does not react.

Meanwhile, other young people came on foot. "They came from behind. I received a blow on one side of my face, and a stone on the other," says Christopher. Distraught, he runs away. "But I then fell and there was barely beaten. An individual has even jumped on my stomach with both feet. I put myself into a ball and waited for it to stops. I really thought I would die."

A few meters away, his girlfriend attends the scene of violence helplessly. "If you let the dog free, you're dead," they warned.

"The police told me it was probably a pretext to beat me". "It's incredible" says Christopher. "They tried to kill me for nothing". "But where can we go ? In Paris, Marseilles, it gets worse day after day, these young people who attack people for nothing are everywhere."

Traumatized from his lynching, Christopher concedes "afraid of everybody in the street." "Whenever I see a youth group, I turn around" he says.


Arrived in Marseille there nine months ago, breaking with a long history of substance abuse, Christophe now wants to leave. "I'm going crazy myself, with all this violence in the city."

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Man Gets Beaten in Paris After Rendezvous on Facebook

Paris - 5/14/11

The  following story reminds the one of Ilan Halimi,  attracted and then tortured by "the Gang of Barbarians" (read the story : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilan_Halimi )

On May 4, a 17 years-old man lived a night of violence in the 18th area of Paris (which can be compared to the NYC Bronx or Brooklyn in term of population), after being lured by a girl he met on the social networking site Facebook several months ago.

Arriving at the rendezvous, the young 16 year old girl was not alone, but accompanied by two boys of 16 and 18 years, tells Le Parisien (French newspaper). 

The trio beat and humiliated the victim, forcing him to undress and to mimic sexual acts. The scene was filmed and photographed.

The helpless young victim was found in the street by a baker, dressed only with pants. The trio also stole his mobile phone and money.

"Willingness to humiliation"

The three suspects were arrested last Tuesday at their homes, said Friday the Paris Prefecture. They were referred to prosecution for premeditated mob violence.

The investigation is looking for the reasons for such determination. According to Le Parisien, the girl who served as bait  said she was motivated by "a desire to humiliate the victim without any apparent reason. "

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[Video] Fight in Paris Street

Video of random people having a fight in a street of Paris.

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