François Bousquet asked where the 300 Arabs who were supposedly thrown into the Seine on October 17, 1961, were located. He stated that only one North African had drowned in the river that night, and that he was in a state of intoxication, dismissing the figure of 300 drownings. He described the commemoration of the 65th anniversary, scheduled for this Saturday, October 17, as "for nothing" and suggested that it aimed to further blame France. #17Octobre1961 #Mémoire #Histoire (translated)
Three sisters, Jane Adetoro, Christina, and Rebecca Walters, tragically took their own lives at sea off the coast of Brighton, 16 years after their mother's drowning. #Suicide #Sœurs #Tragédie (translated)
Three sisters committed suicide by drowning in Brighton, at the same spot as their mother sixteen years earlier, provoking a deep emotion in the United Kingdom. #Suicide #Noyade #Famille (translated)
Three sisters committed suicide together in the sea in the United Kingdom, sixteen years after their mother's drowning. #RoyaumeUni #Suicide #Tragédie (translated)
A 17-year-old high school student filed a complaint against a police commander for attempted murder following his apprehension in a watercourse in Belfort, a controversial incident where accounts differ, with the prosecutor challenging the allegations of attempted drowning. #Belfort #violencespolicières #mouvementlycéen (translated)
The villainous syndicalist claimed that children had been affected by violence including a severed hand, a punctured eye, and an attempted drowning. He also mentioned several attempts at murder committed by ramming with cars, hundreds of people beaten with truncheons, and thousands injured by tear gas. #violence #enfants #droitsdelhomme (translated)
Jean-Luc Mélenchon stated that Minister Nuñez indicated that no restraint instructions had been given to the internal security forces and that they could use all their weaponry. He denounced violence and police provocations, specifically mentioning a young person who allegedly lost an eye after a shot fired from 20 meters away, an attempted drowning, police who reportedly threw stones at CRS agents, and a severed hand. He called on elected officials and activists to intervene, to identify the provocateurs, and to collect testimonies about the conditions of ongoing police custody, which he referred to as "despicable." He also advocated for the state to enforce the police code of ethics and the obligation to display the RIO number, and to prioritize mediation and dialogue over repression. Mélenchon finally reminded, in his words, that these were children. #Justice #DroitsHumains #Police (translated)
The prosecutor of Belfort provided an update on the assault of a police officer during a high school protest on October 2, clarifying that the accusation of attempted drowning was unfounded and that two minors had been arrested. #Belfort #ViolencesUrbaines #Police (translated)
AlertesInfos reported that the prosecutor of Belfort had waved an A4 sheet to illustrate the 19 cm of water in the stream, implying that drowning was impossible there. However, the account stated that such a depth could be sufficient if the airways remained underwater. https://t.co/KO3MA0MPQA #Belfort #noyade #sécurité (translated)
A police officer was assaulted in Belfort during a high school mobilization, an incident linked to an alleged attempted drowning of a teenager that was denied by the prosecutor, leading to the opening of an investigation for attempted murder. #Belfort #MobilisationLycéenne #Justice (translated)
A young man arrested in Belfort denied having been the victim of an attempted drowning by a police officer during his police custody, according to the prosecutor, while an investigation for attempted murder has been opened. #Belfort #Policier #Justice (translated)
Two minors have been arrested and prosecuted for aggravated violence after a police officer was struck during a high school mobilization in Belfort, an incident that has been surrounded by controversy regarding an alleged attempted drowning denied by the prosecutor. #ViolencesUrbaines #LycéensEnMobilisation #Police (translated)
A police officer was attacked in Belfort during a student mobilization, and although rumors circulated about an attempted drowning of a teenager, the public prosecutor denied these allegations and an investigation for attempted murder has been opened. #Belfort #Police #Justice (translated)
A young man with no criminal record was arrested after admitting to having kicked a police officer, who was beaten, twice in the head during a high school protest in Belfort, while an investigation for attempted murder was opened following unconfirmed allegations of an attempt to drown a teenager. #Police #Justice #Lycéens (translated)
A new video challenges the accusation of attempted drowning against a police officer from Belfort, who had been attacked during the high school protests, while the prosecutor specifies that the individual involved threw himself into the water to escape arrest. #Belfort #ViolencePolicière #Manifestations (translated)
Bleu Blanc Rouge reported that, on Friday, October 2, 2026, a plainclothes police officer was assaulted near the Gustave-Courbet high school in Belfort and hospitalized after losing consciousness. The author noted that the public prosecutor had opened an investigation for attempted voluntary homicide and that the Minister of the Interior had described the images of the assault as particularly violent. The author reported that the account AlertesInfos, followed according to him by more than 850,000 people, claimed that the policeman could be seen trying to drown a high school student. He added that the public prosecutor of Belfort, Paul-Édouard Lallois, disputed this interpretation: according to the elements cited by the author, the two men had slipped into a stream and the video that was broadcast had been edited. He also wrote that AlertesInfos had relayed the prosecutor's denial while maintaining its version, relying on testimonies from people present. Bleu Blanc Rouge accused the account of spreading unverified information while presenting itself as a neutral media. It also claimed that its manager, a student named Moussa according to public notices, was not a journalist and that the account had already been criticized in 2018 for relaying false information. The author finally characterized AlertesInfos and other accounts as pro-LFI activists, accusing them of spreading false information to incite anger among their supporters, and expressed the hope that the police officer would file a complaint after his recovery. #FakeNews #ViolenceUrbaines #Justice (translated)
Seydi Ba wrote that he did not believe a prosecutor on their word, adding that it was his profession. He requested that the investigation be carried out to its conclusion and that all witnesses be heard, particularly those who claimed to have seen what they described as an attempted drowning. #justice #enquête #témoignage (translated)
AlertesInfos indicated that it was maintaining its information and that several people present on site had confirmed to it that the police officer had deliberately kept the young man's head underwater for several seconds. These people described the scene as an attempted drowning. https://t.co/X6gPzrtVMD #Justice #France #Police (translated)
Jean Bexon challenged the interpretation that a police officer had tried to drown a man. According to him, the individual had been arrested near Belfort after throwing stones at the police and had previously been spotted trying to start a fire in the woods. Bexon recalled that the fires in August had caused the death of two firefighters and that since then, individuals matching this profile had been closely monitored. He claimed that the video circulated was edited and showed a tense arrest. According to his account, the man had rebelled several times and had dragged the officer down a slope to a watercourse, where both had stumbled. Bexon estimated that the water was 10 centimeters deep, about ankle height, and said that the officer had quickly led the man to the bank before handcuffing him. He denied that the officer intended to drown him. Bexon also wrote that as he returned to his colleagues, the officer was confronted by a group, thrown to the ground, and beaten until losing consciousness. According to him, the handcuffed man then kicked him. He indicated that this was the officer shown in a video of the assault circulated online. #Désinformation #Policiers #Belfort (translated)
