A man suspected of assaulting a 73-year-old woman and her 7-year-old granddaughter on a street in Bordeaux on June 19 was born in France, contrary to claims being made online that he is an African migrant. The incident happened at around 5:30pm on Cours de la Martinique, according to a press release attributed to Bordeaux’s state prosecutor Frédérique Porterie. However, a spokesperson for the government of the Gironde region around Bordeaux as well as the city’s deputy prosecutor confirmed to Reuters in separate emails that the suspect was born in France. Sébastien Baumert-Stortz, deputy prosecutor in charge of the General Secretariat Judicial Court of Bordeaux, said the man was born in Bordeaux on July 12, 1993. The suspect is a French citizen and was born in Bordeaux, France.

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Persons: Frédérique Porterie, Sébastien, “ He’s, ”, –, Read Organizations: Cours, la Martinique, Facebook, Twitter, Reuters Locations: Bordeaux, France, African, Gironde, French