Man Is Beaten Senseless With Bats Over Mask Dispute In Paris

Assailants with baseball bats severely beat a man inside a laundromat near Paris after he requested one of them wear a face covering to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Bloomberg reported that the victim, a 44-year-old man known only as Augustin, told France's La Parisien newspaper about the attack, which occurred in the town of Soisy-sous-Montmorency, just north of Paris, on Sunday.

"I had a mask, I asked this person to put on his mask," he said, according to the AP. "He acted as if he didn't hear, I insisted. He called his brother or his cousin or someone he knew who was outside ... they were threatening, insulting."