GETTY Two French women were attacked because they were roller skating wearing a pair of ‘revealing’ shorts

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The two women were enjoying an afternoon stroll and roller skating with their husbands, children, and a friend, when they were violently attacked by the gang as they neared the Oeillets council estate – a drug-trafficking hotspot – in the eastern suburbs of Toulon. The most seriously wounded of the three men suffered fractures to his face and was signed off from work for 30 days.

It was just an excuse to insult and attack them Bernard Marchal

Local prosecutor Bernard Marchal confirmed that the women’s outfits had “triggered the attack”. “It was just an excuse to insult and attack them,” he said. The youths are said to have started yelling “hooker!” and “why don’t you just go on and get naked!” at the two women.

GETTY Local prosecutor Bernard Marchal confirmed that the women’s outfits had 'triggered the attack'

Their husbands and a male friend asked the boys to show the women some respect and leave them alone, but were ‘silenced’ and beaten up by the gang. The children present at the scene witnessed the brutal beating, during which the two women were knocked down but not seriously injured. A spokesperson for the mayor of Toulon branded the attack “heinous” and said that thanks to CCTV camera, they had been able to identify and arrest two of the attacker in “under 24 hours”.

GETTY Police has launched an investigation to find the remaining gang members