The widow of the teacher Dominique Bernard, murdered by a former student, spoke out through two press interviews.
Isabelle Bernard explains that her husband had observed the dangerous nature of Mohammed Mogouchkov since middle school.
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Knife attack in Arras: a teacher killed
Assassinated by his former student Mohammed Mogouchkov on October 13, 2023 in Arras, Dominique Bernard had noticed his “dangerous character” from college and had to “be careful” what he said, his widow confided this Saturday in an interview (new window) given to Monde. “When Mohammed Mogouchkov was a middle school student and Dominique had him in class, the management team did everything to point out the dangerous character of this boy”explained Isabelle Bernard to the daily. A rare speech: it is in fact the first time that she has spoken to the media since her husband’s funeral.
“Someone who is determined to kill will kill.”
Faced with this student, “I can’t say everything I want, I have to be careful”the French teacher regretted, his wife remembers. “Another time in the year, he confided to me: ‘I still said that I was a free person.’“
The English teacher considers that “Everyone did their job”et que the where “can’t fault anything” to National Education. According to her, “the police knew he intended to act, but did not know when”she emphasizes. “Someone who is determined to kill will kill.”
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One year ago, on Friday October 13, 2023, her husband was fatally stabbed (new window) at 11 a.m. by Mohammed Mogouchkov, a Russian then aged 20. The events took place at the entrance to the Gambetta-Carnot school complex where he taught. That day, another teacher and two officers were also injured.
In this interview, Isabelle Bernard remembers laudatory comments made by her husband about two other children of the Mogouchkov siblings. His sister first of all, “very talented”as well as his big brother Movsar, “intelligent, very fine”that Dominique Bernard “appreciated very much”. He is currently incarcerated for not having denounced a planned attack near the Élysée.
Through another interview (new window)given this time to The Voice of the NorthIsabelle Bernard explains that it is “out of the question” that there is a political recovery of the tribute which will be paid to her husband on Sunday on the Place des Héros in Arras, in the presence of several members of the government. The ceremony, focused on the arts, will pay tribute to “all victims of terrorism”she explains.
