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Hasna, a mother of three and a French-Moroccan restaurateur who recently moved to La Roche-Posay (Vienne), was attacked on Saturday, July 19, in front of her restaurant, Le Casablanca. She recounts being subjected to racist insults, physical assault, and sexual aggression. «I am completely shattered. Why so much hatred? I just feel like I'm not welcome here», she told France Bleu, still in shock.
On that day, two men appeared at her door. One had already confronted her a few days earlier after she refused to serve intoxicated customers. She stepped outside alone to meet them, asking her husband to stay inside the restaurant. One of the attackers immediately «groped her buttock». «I felt his hand squeezing my buttock», she recounts. Another, younger man, struck her. She fell to the ground. «I took several blows, to my buttocks, knees, face, and chest».
The insults were vicious. Despite the pain, Hasna repeats them: «They called me a filthy Arab, said I have no place in La Roche-Posay (...)». Words that cut as deeply as the physical blows, if not more. When the police arrived, Hasna hoped for protection. Yet, the attackers were not detained. «What traumatized me even more was watching them walk away, smiling. (...) I didn't understand. [The police] told me they were sorry, but I am sorrier for myself having been attacked.»
The medical report lists pain in the coccyx, shoulder, ribs, knee, and describes a «great psychological distress». Since the attack, Hasna has been living in seclusion, relying on anti-anxiety medication and sleeping pills. «I have nightmares where they rape me, beat me, beat my children, burn me in my home», she confides.
She filed a complaint on July 20. The Poitiers prosecutor's office has not commented on the case. Meanwhile, the mayor of La Roche-Posay, Pascale Moreau, expressed being «shocked» by the events. «I do not accept and denounce any form of aggression and violence», she added.
