A dance evening, the ‘farmers’ ball”, was held on Saturday evening in the Murinais ballroom organised by young farmers from Saint-Marcellin and Pont-en-Royans.
An initial brawl broke out outside the hall between two men who had just come from the party and half a dozen others who were outside, all of them young people from Saint-Marcellin. As other people came out of the hall to aid their two friends, their opponents were pushed back and they fled.
In a second phase, however, they returned with reinforcements and a second, much more violent brawl broke out, during which the main victim was kicked and punched. The young man was discharged from hospital later that day but had suffered serious head injuries and was placed on 13 days incapacity to work (ITT).
‘They were the same as in Crepol,’ the mayor confessed.
‘The attackers wanted to beat up white people,’ reported a witness.
