CPAM Cuts Benefits to Supermarket Manager Still Traumatised by Six Robberies
Mohamed Belaïd was robbed six times in two years while managing a supermarket in the Paris region and still suffers from anxiety disorders. More than ten years after the attacks, the Seine-Saint-Denis CPAM has stopped paying his benefits following a relapse.
Mohamed Belaïd has forgotten nothing. Between 2011 and 2012, while managing an Aldi store in Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, he was robbed six times. Masked men burst into the shop, sometimes to empty the tills, sometimes to force him to open the safe.
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One of the attacks left a particularly deep mark on him. That morning, at around 7:45, he spotted masked individuals just after opening the store. The robbers caught up with him, pointed a gun at his temple and sprayed him with tear gas. Mohamed says he felt as if he were splitting in two, unable to breathe normally.
The CPAM suspends his benefits
Even today, the former store manager suffers from anxiety disorders linked to these events. But another hardship has been added to his daily life: the Seine-Saint-Denis primary health insurance fund has stopped paying his benefits since his relapse.
The reason given by the CPAM? Missing supporting documents, reports Le Parisien in its October 18 edition.
“I’m not trying to take advantage of the system,” says Mohamed Belaïd, who remains scarred by the violence he endured during his years at Aldi.
