TF1 cameraman Guillaume has died after being violently attacked by a homeless man.

Dramatic news for the TF1 group and the entire profession. Cameraman Guillaume Taverne, who worked on the front page of the newspaper, died in his hospital bed in Kremlin-Bicêtre (Val-de-Marne) on 8 June. Parisian. He was in a coma for nearly two months after suffering an extremely violent attack on April 5. The audiovisual professional was beaten by a homeless man near Gare du Nord (Xe). Me Caty Richard, the lawyer of the deceased’s family, is upset. “great acts of violence and great cowardice”stating that he is a cinema operator, “hit back”. The attack took place in early April, when Guillaume Taverne was heading down the Rue du Faubourg-Poissonnière towards the boulevard Barbès after going to a video equipment rental shop. Allegedly, two people sitting on the stairs of a restaurant, not knowing the reason for the argument, attacked the cameraman, especially armed with a wooden plank and a fire extinguisher. The victim had received multiple blows and was hospitalized in a semi-coma with a vital prognosis.

“The injured were never brought back to life and never heard from by the second judicial police district investigators”shows one of his friends in the columns of our colleagues. “He was known by the whole profession”He remembers a journalist from his team. “Worked as a cameraman on criminal cases for TV for more than ten years”continues another colleague. “He’s covered hundreds of topics in his life. He’s filmed dozens of people in the news while they’re suffering, and he knew how to keep secrets because he had a very human side. Guillaume loved life and had a lot of humor.”ends this former collaborator. In this case, a 27-year-old homeless man was arrested and charged with attempted murder. He said that he attacked the cameraman after receiving insults from him. An autopsy will be carried out on the body of the deceased at the Paris Forensic Medicine Institute. CL