Overview
- The coach, Fabien Benachour, was violently assaulted during a U13 tournament on Sunday, May 24, and suffered multiple facial fractures and a cerebral hematoma.
- He was treated by firefighters, taken first to La Seyne-sur-Mer and then transferred to intensive care at Toulon's Hôpital Sainte-Anne for serious head and facial injuries.
- Police in Sanary-sur-Mer opened an investigation and the alleged attacker was placed in custody on Tuesday morning, according to regional reporting.
- Six-Fours Le Brusc FC condemned the violence on social media, organized a solidarity gathering of about 100–150 people outside the hospital, and has urged football bodies to act while it has not yet filed a formal complaint.
- Local leaders warned the episode, together with at least one other parent confrontation that day in the Var, risks driving volunteers away and has renewed demands for concrete preventive and disciplinary measures from the District du Var and Ligue Méditerranée.