Bayonne : hundreds of people present at the funeral of bus driver

At the beginning of the mass, which was broadcast on a giant screen outside, the Basque choir began “Agur Jauna”, a traditional farewell song. Philip’s funeral

At the beginning of the mass, which was broadcast on a giant screen outside, the Basque choir began “Agur Jauna”, a traditional farewell song.

The funeral of Philippe Monguillot, the bus driver who died in Bayonne after being run over by passengers after they called the port of the mask, began with applause from the crowd on Monday afternoon in the Basque city.

Several hundred people gathered in front of the Church of the Holy Cross applauded the passage of the funeral procession, shortly before 2:30 p.m., the reservation is also part of their tribute to the companions and friends of the driver, who came dressed in white . and black bands around his arms in mourning.

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Marlene Schiappa, the interior minister, responsible for citizenship, had to witness the ceremony inside, before a “private moment” with the family.

Philippe Monguillot’s coffin was carried by six of his colleagues and friends to their loved ones in the church. At the beginning of the mass, which was broadcast on a giant screen outside, the Basque choir began “Agur Jauna”, a traditional farewell song.

“The Great Void”

“We spent 27 years, you and I, you left a great void (…)”, launched his wife Véronique. “We took out a part of ourselves,” said his youngest daughter, 18-year-old Marie.

This father of three girls, aged 18, 21 and 24, was the victim of an “extreme violence” attack on July 5, beaten and seriously injured in the head, for which he wanted to check someone’s ticket and demanded the use of a mask for three other passengers, according to the Bayonne prosecutor.

The aggressiveness of this 59-year-old man, who died on July 10 after five days in a coma, caused outrage in the political world, and resulted in the visit of two ministers -transport and interior-, while Prime Minister Jean Castex he complained of “crime”. contemptuously”.

His colleagues from the Chronobus transport network exercised their right to withdraw for several days, and the White March gathered some 6,000 people on July 8.

Two men, aged 22 and 23, known to police, are in custody and face life in prison for the “intentional murder of a public transport officer”. Two accomplices in their thirties were also arrested for “not helping a person in danger.”

Date Updated: July 20, 2020, 5:58 PM

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Source: newstars.edu.vn

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