Gabriel Bascou, a Montpellier native who grew up in Reunion, was savagely attacked by a man armed with a cutter while he was staying in the United States. Taken care of in critical condition, he is now out of danger.
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28-year-old photographer living in Paris, Gabriel Bascou stayed on Reunion Island until he was 19. This Friday, while walking in New York in the Harlem district, the young man was violently assaulted by a man armed with what appears to be a cutter. An assault which, according to information from our colleagues in the New York Post, was apparently completely free. “A man and a woman were walking down the street, and there was a guy walking right next to them. Then he turned, looked him in the eye as he pulled out what looked like a box cutter, and slit his neck.“, Reported a witness, questioned by a reporter from the local daily.
The unfortunate victim of the attack had just had breakfast in a nearby establishment with his girlfriend, whom he had just joined the day before. In a video posted to the Post’s website, the victim can be seen taking care of witnesses and police officers trying to contain the bleeding. With his throat slit through and through, Gabriel Bascou was admitted to Harlem hospital in critical condition. After undergoing a tracheostomy, he gave reassuring news of his condition to his relatives via social networks.
A suspect was quickly identified on CCTV footage, and has since been actively sought. According to testimonies collected on the spot, nothing allowed to understand the reason or the motive of this attack. “It’s incomprehensible, it could have been anyone», Still testified a resident, shocked.
J.G.
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