Paris – A driver of Line 4 of the metro was assaulted Wednesday by six individuals at the Porte-de-Clignancourt station.

The scene took place on Saturday night around 11 pm in a row of the Paris metro line 4. Thibaut Chevillard, journalist at 20 minutes, said in a thread turned viral on Twitter a scene he witnessed between “yellow vests” returning from the Paris demonstration and an elderly lady.

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“I’m not used to talking about my personal life on Twitter. But I was so shocked by what I saw tonight in the subway line 4, that I feel the need to talk about it here. I will explain why, this Saturday, December 22, I was ashamed, “says our journalist. “A little after 23h, we got on the train to Reaumur-Sevastopol. Inside, three “yellow vests”, a little drunk, screaming: “Macron de-mis-sion! They were men in their forties, rather good-natured, who were returning from the demonstration.

“In the oar, we only heard them. Then the situation went into a spin: they started making dumplings, dumplings “40”. A little old woman, graying hair, arched back, got up. She went to them and asked them to stop. This elderly woman told them, “This gesture is an antisemitic gesture. I am Jewish, I was deported to Auschwitz, I ask you to stop. The three men did not stop so far. They laughed, then one of them told him that the gas chambers did not exist.

Je n’ai pas l’habitude de parler de ma vie personnelle sur Twitter. Mais j’ai été tellement choqué par ce que j’ai vu, ce soir, dans la ligne 4 du métro, que je ressens le besoin d’en parler ici. Je vais donc vous expliquer pourquoi, ce samedi 22 décembre, j’ai eu honte. [Thread] — Thibaut Chevillard (@TiboChevillard) December 22, 2018

Dans la rame, on n’entendait qu’eux. Puis la situation est partie en vrille : ils ont commencé à faire des quenelles, des quenelles “de 40”. Une petite vieille, cheveux grisonnants, le dos voûté, s’est levée. Elle est allée vers eux et leur a demandé d’arrêter. — Thibaut Chevillard (@TiboChevillard) December 22, 2018

“Then another one started screaming: ‘Take off the old woman! tear the old woman off! tear the old woman off! His friend chained with a good old man: “We are at home! We are at home ! The little old woman returned to sit under their insults. At the next stop, she came down, silent, head down. They looked very proud of their shot. They began to chant again, “Ma-cron, de-mis-sion! Ma-cron, dis-mission! At the station Montparnasse-Bienvenüe, they went down and disappeared in the middle of the crowd.

“No one in the wagon has resumed their nauseating songs. The discomfort was even palpable. But no one has risen to defend this little old woman. I was ashamed of what I had just seen. Shame for not moving. Tonight I just have the sheaf. If this lady falls on this thread, and if she feels the need to file a complaint, she can count on my testimony. “

Un autre s’est ensuite mis à hurler : “dé-gage la vieille ! dé-gage la vieille ! dé-gage la vieille !” Son copain a enchaîné avec un bon vieux : “On est chez nous ! On est chez nous !” La petite vieille est retournée s’asseoir sous leurs insultes. — Thibaut Chevillard (@TiboChevillard) December 22, 2018

Personne dans le wagon n’a repris leurs chants nauséabonds. La gêne était même palpable. Mais personne ne s’est levé pour prendre la défense de cette petite vieille. J’ai eu honte de ce que je venais de voir. Honte de ne pas avoir bougé. Ce soir, j’ai juste la gerbe. — Thibaut Chevillard (@TiboChevillard) December 22, 2018

Many netizens have been sharing since Saturday night the tweets of our journalist. Many MPs and government members also reacted on Twitter, including Christophe Castaner, the Minister of the Interior. “Vile and unbearable. Everything will be done to identify these individuals. They must answer for their abject acts. Covered with a yellow vest or hidden behind a nickname on Twitter, antisemitism must be fought with all our strength, “tweeted Christophe Castaner.

Ignoble et insoutenable.

Tout sera mis en œuvre pour identifier ces individus.

Ils doivent répondre de leurs actes abjects.

Couvert d’un gilet jaune ou caché derrière un pseudo sur Twitter, l’antisémitisme doit être combattu de toutes nos forces.https://t.co/HdVB1brcEB — Christophe Castaner (@CCastaner) December 23, 2018

Alerted by Internet users, the RATP indicated this Sunday morning that “the RATP security and the police had been notified of this report”, adding that “the platforms were equipped with cameras and not the oars of line 4”.

@Ligne4_RATP vous avez les images de ces 3 raclures ? @CCastaner @Place_Beauvau @NunezLaurent on ne peut pas laisser passer ! — éloyo (@cniort) December 23, 2018

Bonjour @Ligne4_RATP

Confirmez-vous la survenue de cet événement sur votre ligne ? https://t.co/VYbSWWdEsm — Nathalie Gourd (@NGourd) December 23, 2018