| But the French opposed the invasion of Iraq! |
Christophe Boltanski, 43, a reporter for the left-leaning daily Liberation, was attacked in âsuspicious circumstancesâ on Friday night near his hotel in the embassy district of the capital Tunis, the newspaper said. The journalist, his face marked by grazes and bruises, described being assaulted by four
He also suffered a knife wound three centimeters long and one centimeter deep to his
They stole a bag containing a small amount of cash, notebooks, a USB computer memory key, telephone and a return air ticket to Paris. The journalist said he shouted for help, but several police guarding the nearby Czech Republic embassy did not intervene.
| "What's that guy yelling?" "Beats me, I don't speak French." "How do you know it's French?" "Because I can't understand him!" |
âIt was surprising because itâs a quiet street. There is a synagogue and numerous embassies guarded by police not far from the hotel,â the reporter told AFP, without suggesting a hypothesis for the attack.
A Tunisian official told AFP an inquiry was activated immediately after the assault and two
| Then he laughed. |