A bus driver in France was declared brain dead after being beaten by a group of people he had refused to let on board because they were not wearing mandatory face masks amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Police in the city of Bayonne have reportedly arrested five people involved in the brutal beating.
France made face masks compulsory on public transport in April. The driver, who is in his fifties, abided by the rule and refused to transport a group of maskless people, who also reportedly had no tickets.
This allegedly provoked them into violently attacking him. Some local reports also suggested that the driver had attempted to prevent the group from bringing a dog onto the bus.
Already unconscious when brought to the hospital, doctors declared the driver brain dead on Monday.
Bayonne Mayor Jean-René Etchegaray condemned the incident as a “barbaric act,” and city police are continuing the investigation.
The tragedy has prompted some local bus drivers to refuse to go to work in protest over the brutal attack and out of concerns for their own safety.
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