Legal assistance in case of emergency: free advice

Questioner

While I was out, a boy got angry with me while I was talking to a girl (who turned out to be someone he knew) outside in a place with a fair number of people, and quickly became aggressive. He made a very unexpected movement when he was already close to me and I was shocked. As a reflex, I put my head back, closed my eyes and also put my hand straight forward. I felt that I hit him and he fell because of it. It has been confirmed that he made a very unexpected movement with his hand and it was under a surveillance camera, so that will probably be visible here. When I saw that I hit him (the hit I gave was not very hard) I panicked and became quite afraid of possible friends of his who were there and who could tackle me and immediately walked away to a "safer place" and went home. Eventually I was told that the boy had a tear in his scalp that had to be stitched. He also made a statement that night and may even file a report today. I am very curious about the consequences of this. I have the feeling that he is now trying to get into the ''victim role'' because he is the one who got hit. While in the end I would not have been able to avoid his blow (if it was not a very hard push) by moving my body. Who is really at fault here? He because he was aggressive and made a move towards me anyway (which is probably also visible on the camera) or me because I eventually defended myself but hit him after which he unfortunately fell to the ground. In addition, it is not 100% clear whether it was going to be a blow, a tap, a push or something else. But because of the aggressive attitude and because it was unexpected I am pretty sure that it was something aimed at me.

Lawyer

Your actions could possibly be seen as self-defense or self-defense in excess. This means that you would have defended yourself against an immediate unlawful assault, or the idea that you have of it, by the other person. If you receive a letter from the police or the public prosecutor, you can contact them if you wish to assist you in this.