Story By: Ernest Bio Bogore, Sub-Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Newsflash
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This is the moment two shoppers brawl in the large queue outside a supermarket in France over keeping a safe distance during the COVID-19 lockdown.
The incident was filmed outside a supermarket in the commune of Viry-Chatillon in the southern suburbs of the French capital Paris on 17th March and the footage has been viewed over 660,000 times on Twitter.
In the video, two men are seen brawling in the queue before others jump in and separate the pair.
The cameraperson says: “Seriously man, that’s just crazy.”
According to local media, the fight started during a row about keeping a safe distance in public places during the COVID-19 lockdown in France.
An eyewitness said that the men had been in the queue for “probably an hour” as it was moving very slowly.
The witness explained: “Around the queue, people kept saying that distances had to be kept.”
According to local media, one of the brawlers had to be pushed away by two security guards employed by the supermarket to cope with the large queues.
Meanwhile, the Evry public prosecutor’s office has confirmed that police attended the scene and that no one filed a complaint.
A spokesperson for the office said: “No victims came forward, there were no apparent injuries and there was no complaint.”
Reports said that there have been long queues at supermarkets since French president Emmanuel Macron announced a lockdown to prevent the spread of CVOD-19 which began on 17th March.
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