Man is brutally beaten with baseball bats by a gang of four men after asking them to wear masks

A father-of-two feared he would be killed after being knocked unconscious by two men brandishing baseball bats after asking one of them to wear a face mask in a laundry in France.

The shocking attack is the latest in a series of ‘mask rage’ assaults that have already claimed the life of a bus driver during the Coronavirus pandemic.

It was in Soisy-sous-Montmorency, a commuter town north of Paris, that the 44-year-old father was attacked.

Asked to be identified only as Augustin M., he said he had approached one of his attackers on Sunday afternoon because he was worried about the spread of Covid-19.