France: Grandmother and Granddaughter Attacked in Bordeaux

On Monday, June 19, a 73-year-old grandmother and her young granddaughter were attacked by a homeless man as they walked out of their residence in broad daylight and in the middle of the city. The entire attack was captured on security cameras and is shocking and graphic.

The below article from CNEWS (France) is translated by Fousesquawk. It contains a somewhat fuzzy version of the video. Resistance Republicaine has a slightly more complete version of the video.

Bordeaux : ce que l'on sait du suspect de la violente agression d'une grand-mère et de sa petite-fille, déjà condamné 15 fois | CNEWS

Bordeaux: What is known about Brahima B., suspect in violent attack on a grandmother and her granddaughter, already convicted 15 times.

Caption: The suspect is very unfavorably known to police (AFP)

By CNEWS

Published June 20, 2023 at 08:55-Updated June 20, 2023 at 21:23

A grandmother and her granddaughter were victims of a violent attack Monday, June 19 in front of the door to their residence in Bordeaux (Gironde). Here is what we know about the suspect arrested.

A very violent attack. It was about 17:30, Monday, June 19 when a grandmother and her granddaughter were violently attacked just in front of the door to their residence in the middle of Bordeaux by a man well known to police, and who was arrested by police an hour.

Tweet: 

"Unbearable images of an attack on grandmother and her granddaughter on the Course of Martinique in the heart of Bordeaux in the middle of the day.

I send all my support.

I call for the utmost severity (from the courts)."

-Nicolas Florian, June 19, 2023

(ex-mayor of Bordeaux)

According to a source close to the case (as told to) CNEWS, Brahima B,. the suspect arrested is a Frenchman, age 29, born July 1993 in Bordeaux, without a fixed abode and very unfavorably known to police. He has already been convicted 15 times, mostly in connection with traffic disputes and narcotics violations. He reportedly also has more than 20 references in judicial matters (TAJ), a police file that identifies persons implicated in criminal matters. 

According to the press release of the national prosecutor (office) in Bordeaux, the subject is also reportedly under guardianship and was reported to the police for psychological monitoring and to be out of treatment.

This man, who attacked a 73-year-old woman and her granddaughter, a minor under the age of 15, was recognized by the Anti-Crime Brigade teams, who immediately proceeded to his arrest. "The police know him by (sight), they see him every week prowling central Bordeaux," Xavier Bounine, zonal secretary of the Aquitaine Police Alliance, told CNEWS on Tuesday.  

According to a police source (statement) to CNEWS, the man reportedly "doesn't have all his (marbles)" and will be interrogated by police to try and understand the reason and the circumstances of the attack.