In Saint-Florent-sur-Auzonnet, in the Gard, an altercation between two parents leaving school degenerated into a knife attack, before the eyes of panicked children and parents of students. A shot was even fired.
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This Thursday, November 7, 2024, the primary school of Saint-Florent-sur-Auzonnet, north of Alès, in Gard, was the scene of a violent altercation between two parents. A shot was fired. The information revealed by the newspaper Midi Libre was confirmed to France 3 Occitanie by the prosecutor of Alès, Abdelkrim Grini, who described an almost “apocalyptic” scene, under the eyes of the students and parents present.
It was when they got their child back that the tension would have increased, describes the Alès prosecutor. An argument breaks out. The man then pulls out a knife and threatens the mother. The latter would have screamed, attracting the attention of the other parents of students who would have intervened.
It was at this moment that the second act of the drama would have taken place. The maternal grandfather, witnessing the scene from his car, intervenes. He takes out a gun and shoots at the attacker. The ball ends up in the gate of the nearby school. “People were screaming, you can imagine the almost apocalyptic scene in front of the school.” testifies Abdelkrim Grini, reached by telephone by France 3 Occitanie.
Quickly on the scene, the police arrested the grandfather. The husband, who had fled, was arrested a few minutes later. He was already wanted for past violence against the mother, confirms the prosecutor. The mother, shocked, was transferred to Alès hospital.
To support shocked children and witnesses, National Education has set up a psychological unit.
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