A student suspected of having slapped a teacher at her high school in Tourcoing (North), who had allegedly asked her to remove her veil, was taken into police custody on the afternoon of Monday, October 7, Agence France-Presse learned ( AFP) by a police source. According to Jean-François Carémel, academic secretary of SNES-FSU Lille, who confirms the attack, the professor filed a complaint.
The teacher of medical-social technical sciences at the Sévigné institute would have asked this student to remove her veil in the courtyard of the establishment, stated the police source interviewed by AFP, but the student, who was preparing to leave the school, establishment, would have refused. The student then allegedly slapped his teacher, who in turn responded by slapping him, according to the police source, who said the student hit his teacher several times. The adult student, unbeknownst to police, fled. She was arrested at her home at 6:40 pm and taken into police custody.
They ask for “very firm” disciplinary sanctions
“Precautionary measures have already been taken against the student in question to prohibit him from accessing the establishment until his disciplinary council meets”said the Minister of Education, Anne Genetet, in a press release broadcast by X. “I asked that very firm disciplinary sanctions be imposed given the seriousness of the events”continues the minister, who specifies that a “mobile security team” It was deployed to the site on Tuesday morning by the rectorate. METROme Genetet adds: “The school of the Republic will not allow any attack on its principles and values to pass. We will never compromise. I won’t let anything go. »
“I want to give all my support to this teacher from Tourcoing who, while simply defending secularism – our common good – was beaten by a student”For his part, he reacted “We must all support our teachers and condemn this violence against the Republic itself”added the deputy.
“All my support for the attacked teacher”reacted, for his part, the president of the Hauts-de-France region, Xavier Bertrand, “Secularism is one of the pillars of the school of the Republic, it cannot be negotiated”.
