The Marseille prosecutor’s office announced, Monday, May 10, the opening of a judicial investigation after the complaint of a young soldier who suffered, in Corsica, a very violent hazing. The investigation is entrusted to the research section of the air transport gendarmerie “On the basis of acts of violence with a weapon and with premeditation”, said the prosecution in a statement.
In March 2019, the soldier in his twenties, who had just been assigned to Orange (Vaucluse), was taken to Corsica. His new colleagues had brought him to the Solenzara base, “For the purpose of hazing him”, according to his lawyer, Me Frédéric Berna. They tied a bag over his head, then tied him up and threw him away. ” violently “ in the back of a pick-up.
Tied to a shooting target
At the air base, the soldier was tied to a pole and then left alone. For about twenty minutes, he then heard planes pass around him and carry out live fire, “A frightening and impressive noise” soon relayed by simulated shots in its direction, according to the details of the complaint, which Agence France-Presse was able to consult.
When questioned, the Air Force claimed to have conducted a command investigation into this hazing and to have pronounced “Firm sanctions” against those responsible, without specifying their nature. Almost ten years ago, the death of the pupil Jallal Hami, who drowned in 2012 in Saint-Cyr during a bahutage of “transmissions of traditions”, had already shaken the ranks of the army.