French Pilot Says He Was Tied To Firing Target In Hazing Ritual

The complaint did not identify any of the people alleged to have carried out the hazing, or say how many of them were involved.

A French air force pilot has filed a criminal complaint alleging that as part of a hazing ritual he was tied to a target on a firing range while fighter planes flew overhead and fired off munitions, his lawyer told Reuters on Saturday. The complaint did not identify any of the people alleged to have carried out the hazing, or say how many of them were involved. Reuters was not able to independently establish the identities of those responsible for the incident. Colonel Stephane Spet, a spokesman for the French air force, said an internal inquiry had been ordered by air force command and those responsible had been punished. The most severe punishment was restriction to barracks, Spet said. He did not say how many people had received this punishment, or for how many days.