On this scorching Saturday June 18, the Aquarives nautical center in Hagondange was the scene of a particularly shocking scene. When the doors opened at 2 p.m., nearly 400 individuals, according to the establishment’s management, forced their way through and fraudulently entered the establishment.
The order service provided by the management was overwhelmed and the police had to intervene at 2:20 p.m. “There was a big jostling and great tension,” noted the police who intervened to secure the scene. According to the management, 1,500 people were present at the same time in the enclosure of the center, whose gauge is invariably fixed at 1,247 people.
Gates and turnstiles spanned, fences folded
“All of a sudden, we had to deal with a massive influx of people who jumped over the gates and turnstiles and bent the fences to be able to enter through the gardens,” says Bastien Grandin, the director of the aquatic center, relieved that the day nevertheless ended without any injuries.
Intrusions also at the Amnéville swimming pool
At the height of the turmoil, twenty-one police officers were present but six of them were detached to Amnéville where a similar scene was happening at the Olympic swimming pool. “There was an incident involving a group of young people who had already been talked about the previous week”, confirms a police source who indicates that he also intervened, the same day, at the Montigny-lès-Metz swimming pool. Still according to the police, these two establishments, overwhelmed by the crowds, had to close their doors earlier than planned.
The Hagondange aquatic center remained open on Saturday, as planned, until 6 p.m. The police remained on site to ensure the safety of swimmers but did not evacuate the establishment. On the other hand, this Sunday, the center, which was to be open to the public before closing from June 20 to July 2 for the annual emptying, did not open at all. “A significant financial loss for the nautical center”, laments Bastien Grandin, “but we took advantage of this day to restore the place and begin to take stock of the damage and assess the damage”. “Witnesses will send us the videos they have recorded and which should allow us to identify the fraudsters and thus to file a complaint,” he added.
Christophe Legendre, the director of human resources and information of the Prestalys group which manages the establishment, described a scene “shocking, devastating and of rare violence”.
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Muslims poop in Europe’s swimming pools, also leave pee & “other” fluids. Besides molesting the women and little girls & boys. It’s disgusting. Who wants to go in the water with them?