Off-duty police officer beaten on Lyon tram after confronting harassers

A police officer in civilian clothes was violently attacked Friday afternoon on Lyon's T4 tramway after intervening against four individuals harassing passengers, sustaining blows to the face before being taken to a hospital. The officer, en route to his shift with the interdepartmental transport security service, was reportedly recognized as police before being thrown to the ground and beaten, according to the Un1té Rhône police union, which described a "lynching." An investigation has been opened to find the attackers, who had been spitting, insulting, and shoving passengers. The officer was treated at Jean-Mermoz hospital for injuries to his eyebrow and nose.