Four Paris Saint-Germain ultras, suspected of having participated in the attack on a Stade Rennes supporter in September, followed by the theft of a tarpaulin and flags, will appear on June 15 before the Rennes Criminal Court, a announced the prosecution on Friday.
Pending trial, they were placed under judicial control, with a ban on appearing in Ille-et-Vilaine and “ban on appearing near and within the stadiums of league 1 and league 2 football clubs during football matches, including friendly ones”said Rennes prosecutor Philippe Astruc.
At the end of September, a member of Roazhon Celtik Kop (RCK, group of Rennes supporters) had indicated that he had been attacked in front of his parents’ home in Breteil (Ille-et-Vilaine) after a Rennes-Clermont match.
According to the statements of the victim, the four attackers, armed with a tear gas canister and a telescopic baton, “had stolen several sports bags containing RCK tarpaulins and flags”said the prosecution.
The investigation identified four members of the “Karsud” group, an entity created in 1993 and made up of around forty people who support PSG, according to the same source. It is an ultra structure whose members, since the 2017-2018 season, no longer attend PSG matches.
Tuesday, a judicial operation made it possible to arrest, in Yvelines, Essonne and Seine-Saint-Denis, the four men, three of whom are known to the judicial institution. Two of the suspects admitted “to have been present at the scene and to have taken, without violence, the sports bags”according to the prosecutor.